jordanmw Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 After watching the latest unraid video where linus installs the steamcache container for docker- I have finally committed to building a community gaming rig for my little tribe. Most of the motivation is the pain I feel every time my brood brings their machines over for a gaming sesh. I end up spending hours- troubleshooting, updating, and configuring- then barely get to play anything! Drives me a little crazy- download 40GB of updates for everyone to be on the correct version- then figure out why XZY hardware/software isn't working. I have run things like softxpand desktop to run 2 people on one machine but DRM doesn't like that setup very much. I am on to a truly dedicated setup after watching several of the videos from the unraid community and linus. The plan: Will run 6 machines if you include the host. 1x Unraid- 2 CPU cores 4HT 2Gb RAM 1x Linux game server multi-host w/steamcache- 2 cores 4HT 8-12Gb RAM 4x windows 10 gamers- 2 cores 4HT each 12Gb RAM each The hardware: Corsair 740 Air case Asrock Taichi X399 Threadripper 1920X Corsair 64Gb 8x8Gb 2933Mhz Evga CLC 280 Evga 1Kw gold PSU 4x Evga GTX 960 SSC 4Gb (had them already- probably upgrade to 2XXX series eventually) 2x Plextor 512Gb SSD 2x WD purple 3Tb We aren't a finicky bunch- 1080p gaming with audio coming through our monitors is usually enough for us. We play tons of different titles- old and new but usually avoid most of the AAA stuff until it's hit a steam sale. Favorites: 7 days to die, dying light, TF2, No man's sky, Ark, borderlands games, L4D2, Warhammer Verminitde, Shadow warrior 2, far cry X, ect..... Thoughts and advice appreciated- I have all my hardware except my CPU- somehow missed the awesome amazon sale that had the 1920x for just over 300!! Just looking for one under $400 to complete the build and try my luck with unraid. Link to comment
jordanmw Posted August 24, 2018 Author Share Posted August 24, 2018 Most of the calculators I use tell me something like: Load Wattage: 706 W Recommended PSU Wattage: 756 W For the power supply- that is why I went with the 1Kw Link to comment
jordanmw Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 Anyone want to help me with setup options- what should I turn on\off in the bios and what unraid features to I have to enable to get this thing working? Link to comment
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