New Rig for 5-10 Boxing. Built and running

[heyaz]

So I finally built my new rig, to 5 or 10 box and be able to stream. I left it open to upgrades in some areas but so far I'm loving it.

Mobo: Asus P9X79 WS (picked this one for 4x GPUs and dual server-grade gigabit NICs)
CPU: Intel 3930K Hexa Core
GPU: EVGA GTX 680 4GB Classified
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 64GB (8x8) DDR3 1866Mhz
SSD: 2x OCZ Vertex 4 128GB in Raid 0
HDD: WD Raptor 10k Sata III 1TB
Cooler: Corsair H100i Extreme CPU Liquid Cooler thingy
Case: CM Storm Stryker (white with side window)
PSU: SeaSonic Gold 1050w (room for upgrades)
Monitors: 3x LG 27" LED-LCD

Total cost was around $2800 without monitors (already had them). Most came from Amazon where I used prime free shipping. RAM I had to get from Newegg.com.

I priced the system over a few weeks and items kept going out of stock or on backorder, so I ordered it in pieces and had to change up some things, snagged a few on sale items. I decided, despite my impatience that I would not downgrade anything to get it quicker. Hence the superfluous Raptor 10K media drive (was on sale on free prime delivery), the 1050w PSU and the Classified version of the 680 which is their highest bin.

Performance is great and no stability issues. The mobo's default performance setting put the GPU at 4.2Ghz (stock is 3.2) and on liquid I can't get it higher than 59C running WoW x10. GPU is performing even higher than its rated at 1200Mhz, no changes or overclocking.

With 64GB Ram I'm able to run WoW's data folder (containing the .mpq files) entirely in RAM with about 8-10GB/sec speed according to CrystalDiskMark, about 10x faster than the SSD Raid. Load times are near instant except places like Shrine or Org. I left all other WoW files on the SSD since they are written to during play, like caches and WTFs and addons.

Tested out streaming the other day, was able to do high quality 1080p at 35fps while 5 boxing. I definitely dropped some packets (5Mbit upload on cable, not so reliable), but the system held up. What is weird compared to my old crappy box, is even when the stream lags or goes to 0 fps, I'm still at 45 fps on my main screen. In the past Xsplit or OBS would drop me to like 10 fps before I even streamed, now I can't even tell I'm running it.

Overall very happy with the setup and surprised that it all worked right out of the box, being that it's my first time building a PC since the 90s. Did take me 8 hours to assemble though because... well I suck and did a lot of things out of order, had to re-configure the case and its fans and such, remove the ram to fit my hand in for some of the PSU connections, etc. But next time I'll be more familiar

Open to any suggestions, criticisms, tips for improving performance, or whatever! I'm still a newbie with hardware.

[Invisahealz]

Nice system, pretty much exactly like mine except i went with the Asus rampage IV motherboard. It works wonders and can 10-15 box with no problems at all.

[widdle]

Just make sure you chek the cpu cooler every so often. Saw one the other week that had leaked and destroyed the entire computer.

[HPAVC]

That MB has a lot of good features, the asus ssd caching I am a fan of.

[JohnGabriel]

"Liquid Cooler thingy"

Funny. Congrats on the really nice system though.

[Ñightsham]

Still looking to get that Titan card, every email notification I get in regards to it being available, they are out of stock by the time I got to the site (Evga and newegg) For a cool grand they are selling fast or just releasing limited supplies. Eventually