Advice appreciated, spoiled for parts.

[Szyrs]

Hello Tom's, it's been a while.

This isn't the usual build question, because there is no budget. I own all but one thing that I may or may not even need - but I'd appreciate some sound insight. I understand a lot of this stuff but I don't interact with many who do. Ive been building rigs and collecting parts for a while and I now seem to have achieved hoarder level. My aim is to reduce the number of pc's in my own house, as well as building a gaming rig for my brother. If it's a better choice, I'll keep multiple rigs and optimize them accordingly. Power use is becoming a concern though.

So, the problem. This is where I'm up to with builds:

1) my gaming rig, separate because of 660ti 3way sli + overclocking, so power hungry.
CPU: i7 2600k
SSD: 1TB Samsung EVO
RAM: Corsair Vengeance
Mobo: P8P67 WS Revolution
GPU: 3x 3GB EVGA 660ti superclocked
PSU: Corsair 1200i



2) My brother's gaming rig. Stability is preferred, over performance. He lives remotely in the desert and doesn't know much about computers, so parts are hard, as well as physical access - but he does have a fibre connection!?!

Required Software: Games, Photoshop, NI Traktor, Steinberg Cubase

CPU: i5 4460
SSD: 128gb Samsung 830
RAM: Corsair Vengeance
Mobo: MSI H97 G45
GPU: 4GB XFX R9 290 core edition (Reference)
PSU: Corsair Tx750



3) My graphics workstation. From what I understand, I could run these applications off my server, if I upgraded the server. How exactly that works, I'm not sure. Either through virtualisation or remote access, I think, but I don't understand a great deal about either.

Required software: Photoshop, 3dsmax, lots of adobe stuff.

CPU: i7 3280
SSD: 240GB OCZ Revodrive3 x2
RAM: G.Skill aries
Mobo: Asus P9X79 Pro
GPU: nVidia K4000 Quadro
PSU: Corsair Ax850



4) Cubase Rig. Separate just to keep electrical noise down, by passive cooling where possible and no gpu.

Required Software: Steinberg Cubase + plugins

CPU: i5 2500K
SSD: 120GB OCZ Vertex3
RAM: Corsair Vengeance
Mobo: Asus P7H67-M
Soundcard: PCI Connection


5) Download Box. Integrated atom board I had laying around. Minimises my exposure to malware but doesn't eliminate it. Runs 24/7 though.

Required Software: slsk p2p, utorrent, jdownloader, httrack, dropbox

CPU: Atom D520
HDD: 2.5" 1TB
Mobo: Asus ( i forget the name)
RAM: DDR2
PSU: Laptop


6) Home Server. Currently Win7 and a massive RAID array. Looking to dramatically improve its function with windows server 2008. To what extent, and how I do it best, I'm not sure of. I'm currently looking to upgrade the PSU, due to a lack of SATA connectors.

CPU: Celeron G1620
SSD: 256GB Crucial M4
RAM: Corsair Vengeance
Mobo: Asrock Z68 Extreme4
HDD: 14x 3TB WD RAID6
PSU:????



7) Spare Parts. From what is left I want a firewall, and if possible, a video editing machine just to run adobe premiere for a friend of mine, the rest is going for sale.

CPU's:
1155: i5 2400s, i5 3570 (not K)
1150: Pentium G3258
Older: Various C2D and one C2Q

Motherboards:
1155: Asus ROG Z68 Gene-Z
2011: Asus Rampage (damaged socket) - don't know of anywhere in Aus to get a new socket.
1150: Asus H81M-E
Older: About 10 socket 775 boards

RAM:
DDR3 : Corsair Vengeance, about 4x4GB, Corsair Value select, 2x2GB
DDR2: Various Untested.

SSD's:
60GB Corsair Force
60GB Silicone Power.

PSU's:
Corsair Hx650
Antec H/Current 600(i think?)
Various tosh, under 550W

Entire PCs:

3x 775 PCs, 2x P4, 60+x P4 Rackmount servers, fully loaded with ancient junk.

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Obviously pretty much everything pre 1155 socket isnt even worth looking at but it's plain to see that I need to do some house keeping.

Aside from two rigs that NEED to be separate, my brother's gaming rig and the possible video editing rig for my friend, the rest COULD be combined into one or more machines.

As I already own all of the bits though, I'm having trouble finding sound advice. Most reviews factor price greatly into the value and I'm finding it difficult to find a remotely complete set of standardised benchmarks. Benchmarks at best are a ballpark, so I'm not confident at all. I could test by exhaustion but aside from the work involved, just running prime on 20 different rig combinations is going to cost me a mint in power.

Any advice or insight would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

 

[Szyrs]

I'm not sure what you mean?

The 3570 is good for what?

Yes, whatever is not in a living rig at the end is going for sale. To whom and for how much doesn't concern me at all at this point.

My aim is to combine what I have into as few computers as possible. What to keep and what to throw, as well as how best to acess it all, is my current problem.