ucliker Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Well hello everyone, After searching for countless weeks, I have finally found my software based solution to run a Raid server as my main OS. I want to create a dedicated raid/work/gaming PC in one box. So basically have unRAID as my main OS and Windows 10 through a VM. Here are my parts thus far, (Take note I purchased these since they were on sale not really intended for this project) CPU: Intel i5-6600k Motherboard: Gigabyte z170m-d3h Ram: Patriot Signature Line 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory PSU: Corsair CX600 Case: Corsair 750D SSD: 2 X 500 Samsung HDD: 3 X 3TB WD Red I just need to know what parts will not work for this build setup. On the windows side, I plan on gaming but I mostly do graphic design and photo/video editing. What should I add etc? any help would be appreciated. Also, if you don't think this is a good enough system I will sell it or give it to my uncle though he will never use most of the features especially overclocking. I am new to unRAID and I know it doesn't require a lot to run, but my Windows 10 system requires quite a bit for what I do. Quote Link to comment
mr-hexen Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 You need a video card for the win10 VM. Quote Link to comment
ucliker Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 You need a video card for the win10 VM. Can it be any video card? I am purchasing a Radeon R9 390 eventually. I may have something lying around I can throw in the system in the mean time. My main concern is will this hardware do what I need or should I upgrade the CPU to a 6700k or just build a x99 5820k system instead? Quote Link to comment
ucliker Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 I am just going to add a new 750ti I have on hand for now. Quote Link to comment
Russ Uno Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Unless there is an other reason or you are going to run 20 or more HDDs that power supply may be a bit much.. Not that it will hurt anything but if you're only running 6-10 drives you could probably use a 450 watt supply. Quote Link to comment
opentoe Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 I would install more memory. I do have an issue with over building systems and putting more resources then I need, but I always end up using those resources anyway. I usually just max out what I can and what I can afford so I don't need to constantly keep upgrading and always buying parts. Quote Link to comment
ucliker Posted November 2, 2015 Author Share Posted November 2, 2015 Unless there is an other reason or you are going to run 20 or more HDDs that power supply may be a bit much.. Not that it will hurt anything but if you're only running 6-10 drives you could probably use a 450 watt supply. I plan on adding more hard drives. and with the video card I thought I would need the extra power. But yes 600w is overkill, but I had it already. Quote Link to comment
ucliker Posted November 2, 2015 Author Share Posted November 2, 2015 I would install more memory. I do have an issue with over building systems and putting more resources then I need, but I always end up using those resources anyway. I usually just max out what I can and what I can afford so I don't need to constantly keep upgrading and always buying parts. Well, I understand the memory issue. I mainly bought these parts to replace my uncle's 10-year-old PC. For what I do, graphic design, video editing, some CAD etc I don't think the i5-6600k can handle my main workload on top of being a NAS that can do multiple plex streams. So now I am looking into either a 5820k or a Xeon build. Any input would be great. Quote Link to comment
ucliker Posted March 31, 2016 Author Share Posted March 31, 2016 So I ended up getting an entirely new setup. CPU: E5-2670v3 MOBO: Asrock Extreme6 Ram: patriot sig 64Gb DDR4 PSU: Corsair RM1000w HDD:4 X 3TB WD Red SSD: 2 X 500GB Samsung 1 X 120GB SanDisk Now the CPU has 12 physical cores and 24 virtual. I want to run unraid itself with plex and I need my windows vm. How should I allocate the CPU cores? I use Windows for heavy graphic design work, rendering etc. I also have the option to just build another box for UnRaid if I have to. Quote Link to comment
ucliker Posted March 31, 2016 Author Share Posted March 31, 2016 Graphics card is GTX750ti and nvidia quadro k1200 Quote Link to comment
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