Spare a moment for some input on my upgrade?

mojojoejo

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Hi all,

I've lost touch with hardware over the past few years, and find myself in need of upgrading my home server.

Basically it's primarily a storage solution for all our photos & videos we've shot over the years, but is also hooked up to the TV for netflix and the occasional Steam game.

Am also running 4x drives in a software raid 5 configuration, so am OK with choosing something that's possibly a little overkill in terms of spec.

After some looking around, I've settled on the following:
- Asus 2170M-Plus Motherboard
- i5-6600
- Corsair Hydro H100i
- Crucial Ballistix 16gb kit

Is the above a decent combination?

Can switch up the ram if needed, it's more about the quantity at the moment - so at least 16gb.

Not necessarily intending to overclock the system, but where I live the summers get hot - so having extra solid cooling is a must.

Anyway, any feedback welcome.

Cheers!
 
The current rig is based around a slighly aged Asus P5K Deluxe with a E8200 C2D Wolfdale in there, and 8gb of Ram.

Booting off a 500gb WD drive, and running 4x4tb drives in a raid5 configuration, and GFX is a Nvidia GT 720.

Pretty much all the other bits will remain as-is for now.
 
What case is this going into ?

You would need a 'K' cpu if you want to overclock.

The H100i is massive overkill for the cpu. Depending on what case you have a good budget air cooler would be fine.
 
The case itself is a Lian Li PC-343B, and it's currently running on air, but our flat gets to 35+ in the summer, so the cooling being described as overkill sounds pretty good :)

Am unlikely to do any overclocking though, but thanks for the headsup!
 
mojojoejo said:
The case itself is a Lian Li PC-343B, and it's currently running on air, but our flat gets to 35+ in the summer, so the cooling being described as overkill sounds pretty good :)

Am unlikely to do any overclocking though, but thanks for the headsup!
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I would go with something like a Noctua D15S. Still overkill, but it will be very quiet and it will perform just as good as the H100i.


I take it this is your case ?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £382.24
(includes shipping: £12.30)
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Review of the D15S:

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/7301/noctua-nh-d15s-style-cpu-cooler-review/index.html
 
mojojoejo said:
What are the implications of making that cpu, mobo switch?
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Not a lot, just you get the newest architecture and higher clock speeds, as well as a few kabylake bonuses.

Here are the skylake and kabylake equivalent options:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £350.48
(includes shipping: £10.50)
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My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £349.48
(includes shipping: £10.50)
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You're not going to be overclocking though unless you go for the 7600K, so you don't need a Z motherboard, you could use the B250 equivalent:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £86.69
(includes shipping: £8.70)
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