First build in 10 years! Sanity check me please?

[brucifer1]

Thanks for clicking!

its been a long while since I built a decent PC.

I'm looking for something to last me a while, have a good budget, and have read up on some of the latest tech.

I'm going to be using the system for mild gaming and would like something which will run Star Citizen.

Also throwing in a 2TB raid 0+1 storage array for movies/pics/etc

Was figuring on the kaby lake i5-7600k and a Z270 mobo.

I swore off Asus 10 years ago, so unless something has changed I'd like to avoid them.

I think the MSI board has everything I really need, and I went with an MSI GPU since I figured they would have the best chance of playing nice together and I figure the 1060 will be sufficient

Going to use the existing ATX Case I have along with optical drive.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LysPcc

Anything glaringly bad in there?
Thanks you for your time!

 

[13thmonkey]

Don't bother with 0+1, in fact don't bother with RAID, just use a backup, 2x 2TB drives will be cheaper, one for storage, one for backup. Raid is for fault tolerance to maintain uptime not security.

 

[Flyfisherman]

Hi my friend.
First thing I noticed on your whishlist the lack of a SSD.
So Please add this.
That really would make Your day....

I recommend a 250-500MB SSD 850 EVO from Samsung. http://www.samsung.com/uk/memory-storage/850-evo-sata-3-2-5-inch-ssd-starter-kit/MZ-75E250RW/
All music, films, photos etc. should be stored on HDD, Windows and all programs installed on the SSD
Especially games. Incredible fast load-times compared to a slow HDD.

Best regards from Sweden

 

[brucifer1]

Don't bother with 0+1, in fact don't bother with RAID, just use a backup, 2x 2TB drives will be cheaper, one for storage, one for backup. Raid is for fault tolerance to maintain uptime not security.

I would rather go with a redundant drive solution than backup, especially with a hardware RAID option available.

Hi my friend.
First thing I noticed on your whishlist the lack of a SSD.

Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive was part of the original Spec for the OS drive

 

[13thmonkey]

Don't bother with 0+1, in fact don't bother with RAID, just use a backup, 2x 2TB drives will be cheaper, one for storage, one for backup. Raid is for fault tolerance to maintain uptime not security.

I would rather go with a redundant drive solution than backup, especially with a hardware RAID option available.

Hi my friend.
First thing I noticed on your whishlist the lack of a SSD.

Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive was part of the original Spec for the OS drive

You do understand that raid is about availability and not data security? File gets corrupted, raid does nothing, accidentally deleted, raid does nothing etc.

If you need files available 24x7 then raid plus a backup, otherwise just a backup.

Additionally, raid implementations can be very hardware dependant, lose the hardware and the raid volumes may not be recoverable.

 

[Toastyx3]

CPU
i5 7600k good choice (I'm using it myself)
Mainboard
I'm a big fan of Asus and GIGABYTE mainboards mainly because msi is overpriced as hell.
GPU
Tbh I don't know much about Star Citizen specs but I assume it'll be really pushing the limit. I don't think a 1060 will be enough to play it with max details. I'd rather go for a 1070. Instead of getting 32 GB of ram, get 16 and put the saved money into your GPU.
You could also think about M2 SSD instead of a normal one. They're even faster.
That said your setup is pretty much done and well rounded.

 

[brucifer1]

You do understand that raid is about availability and not data security? File gets corrupted, raid does nothing, accidentally deleted, raid does nothing etc.

If you need files available 24x7 then raid plus a backup, otherwise just a backup.

Additionally, raid implementations can be very hardware dependant, lose the hardware and the raid volumes may not be recoverable.

I do understand availability vs security when it comes to raid and backups.
I will be using the storage array mostly for streaming movies to my living room and dumping data from recovered drives friends/family give to me when their machines die and they want to recover some stuff. It s a long-term storage drive, not an active working drive, so I am not worried about data security. Anything I am really concerned about, which is basically just photos, are backed up online. I am also aware of the issues with hardware dependencies, especially in striped arrays. All that said, I think for my use a RAID 1 or maybe a RAID 0+1 is sufficient.

 

[brucifer1]

CPU
i5 7600k good choice (I'm using it myself)
Mainboard
I'm a big fan of Asus and GIGABYTE mainboards mainly because msi is overpriced as hell.
GPU
Tbh I don't know much about Star Citizen specs but I assume it'll be really pushing the limit. I don't think a 1060 will be enough to play it with max details. I'd rather go for a 1070. Instead of getting 32 GB of ram, get 16 and put the saved money into your GPU.
You could also think about M2 SSD instead of a normal one. They're even faster.
That said your setup is pretty much done and well rounded.

I'll check into the gigabyte boards.
Moving some money from RAM to the GPU is a good idea.
I'll also check an M2 SSD.

 

[Toastyx3]

CPU
i5 7600k good choice (I'm using it myself)
Mainboard
I'm a big fan of Asus and GIGABYTE mainboards mainly because msi is overpriced as hell.
GPU
Tbh I don't know much about Star Citizen specs but I assume it'll be really pushing the limit. I don't think a 1060 will be enough to play it with max details. I'd rather go for a 1070. Instead of getting 32 GB of ram, get 16 and put the saved money into your GPU.
You could also think about M2 SSD instead of a normal one. They're even faster.
That said your setup is pretty much done and well rounded.

I'll check into the gigabyte boards.
Moving some money from RAM to the GPU is a good idea.
I'll also check an M2 SSD.

the Gigabyte Z270 gaming k3 is a good priced MB and comes with basically everything you need. if you have some money left you could also check out the MSI Z270 gaming pro carbon.