Home server, work&gaming build with some capacity for future upgrades

makkoz

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Case
BE QUIET! DARK BASE PRO 900 FULL TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i5 Six Core Processor i5-9600K (3.7 GHz) 9 MB Cache
Motherboard
Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs - RGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2666MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 - HDMI, DP - VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
2nd Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
3rd Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3200MB/W)
Intel Optane Memory
32GB INTEL® OPTANE MEMORY - USE WITH MECHANICAL HDD ()
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Processor Cooling
Noctua NH-U14S Ultra Quiet Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
COOLER MASTER MASTERGEL MAKER THERMAL COMPOUND
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11 Gigabyte GC-WB1733D-I AC 1734Mbps + BT5 PCI-E CARD
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS

Price: £1.743,00 including VAT and Delivery
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I like the Corsair Graphite Series 780T White case but that seems not of a very good quality so probably stick with one in the spec.
There will be a mirror RAID on 1st and 2nd HDD and the 3rd HDD will be used for not essential data and will be boosted by Optane.
SSD is for OS and big files like Data Base or Virtual Drives that wont benefit from Optane.
The reason that all 3 HDD are the same is to keep the RAID alive if one of HDD is down.
It turned out more expensive than expected but I hope it will be sufficient for at least 3-5 years without upgrades.
Any suggestion on improving the build without adding to the price highly welcome!

P.S. My monitor is Dell U2715H

P.S.S. I also had an idea to save some money with buying MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8GB OC HBM2 for £235.98.
Also thought of possibility to buy same card in the future and to setup it with CrossFire. But after research I change my mind to stick with NVIDIA.
 
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Oussebon

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When you say home server, what are you using the PC for? Media streaming around the house?

Why is RAID important? Why not versioned real-time backups instead?

What work? Why 32gb RAM?

In terms of buying your own GPU, Vega GPUs are fine (now prices are more reasonable) and I've seen some of the blower-fan cooler ones at crazy low prices like the above. However, the down side is that it's a blower cooler.

If you're attached to your eardrums, and also want decent cooling on the GPU to try to maximise performance, a blower cooler is not the way to go.

Crossfire, or indeed SLI, isn't a sensible futureproofing strategy. The option could be nice, but I wouldn't build a PC around it as a plan.
 
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