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Hi everyone, I’m researching parts for a new rig and could use some guidance. As the title suggests, this machine will be a workhorse used in a production environment as a mobile workstation and as a live event multimedia server. It will need to be a rock solid 100% functional build, and from a mechanical standpoint, it will also need to be able to handle the bumps of daily moves as well as extreme weather. It may very well end up spending nights and weekends on a truck year round.
The build must be Intel based with either 64 or 128 GB RAM and NVMe M.2 SSD for the OS. I already have Sapphire RX 580 Pulse 8GB
In addition to the usual stuff, this machine will need:
Would also like to cram in:
So, I'm thinking this is impossible to stuff into z490 mobo, right? One thing I need help with is determining how many PCIe Lanes I'll need to have available to me. I know graphics card is 16, video board is 8, M.2 is 4, so that's 28 right off the top. I don't know how much the rest will require.
I know I can get up to 48 from Cascade Lake-X. I've stumbled on some incredibly helpful posts on X299 by @kylec , who also referred me to @kgp 's posts. It looks promising and I'm leaning towards X299 currently. I'm also starting to look into C422 at the suggestion of @etorix . (Thanks both for your suggestions!)
Right now I don't know what I don't know and any help is much appreciated. I welcome any advice and ideas anyone would like to share. What do you think? Is this build possible? Is X299/C422 the best move for a fully functional build? Is this more trouble than it's worth? If it turns out to be a feasible project I'd love to see this become a golden build. Let's make a beast machine!
The build must be Intel based with either 64 or 128 GB RAM and NVMe M.2 SSD for the OS. I already have Sapphire RX 580 Pulse 8GB
In addition to the usual stuff, this machine will need:
- Video I/O Board: Blackmagic DeckLink Quad 2
- Audio I/O Board: Lynx E22**
- 16TB+ internal RAID: 4x 4TB ...HDD?
- 4TB+ Backup Storage for proxies: Can be 1 drive or another RAID
- 6TB+ Scratch Disk: Can also be 1 drive or another RAID
- 5.25" SSD Hot Swap Bay: Kinda like this one
- Thunderbolt 3: At least 2 ports, must be able to hotplug
- 2 RJ45 Ethernet Connectors (with at least one being 2.5Gb)
- WiFi 6
- Bluetooth
- A Badass Name
Would also like to cram in:
- Something to replace Netgear PoE Switch if possible
- Need a minimum of 4 PoE Ports, up to 25W from each port
- And maybe in the future, a 2nd Video I/O Board (another DeckLink Quad 2)
So, I'm thinking this is impossible to stuff into z490 mobo, right? One thing I need help with is determining how many PCIe Lanes I'll need to have available to me. I know graphics card is 16, video board is 8, M.2 is 4, so that's 28 right off the top. I don't know how much the rest will require.
I know I can get up to 48 from Cascade Lake-X. I've stumbled on some incredibly helpful posts on X299 by @kylec , who also referred me to @kgp 's posts. It looks promising and I'm leaning towards X299 currently. I'm also starting to look into C422 at the suggestion of @etorix . (Thanks both for your suggestions!)
Right now I don't know what I don't know and any help is much appreciated. I welcome any advice and ideas anyone would like to share. What do you think? Is this build possible? Is X299/C422 the best move for a fully functional build? Is this more trouble than it's worth? If it turns out to be a feasible project I'd love to see this become a golden build. Let's make a beast machine!