Asus Z590-E gaming motherboard, i7-11700K 11th gen (LGA1200) build

After a series of issues, I decided to build a new box.  This is my first build since 2013, so a lot of technology has changed.  Since the issues revolved around spinning disks, I thought I'd remove that problem entirely by buying only SSDs.  This turned out to be a fun build.

 

CATEGORY	WHAT	URL	UNIT COST	UNITS	TOTAL COST
CPU	Intel Core i7-11700K Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 5.0 GHz Unlocked LGA1200	https://www.amazon.com/Intel-i7-11700K-Desktop-Processor-Unlocked/dp/B08X6ND3WP?th=1	$354.00	1	$354.00
MOTHERBOARD	Asus Z590-E Gaming WiFi 6E LGA 1200(Intel 11th/10th Gen) ATX Gaming Motherboard	https://www.amazon.com/ROG-Gaming-Motherboard-Stages-Thunderbolt/dp/B08T6HTXF9	$359.99	1	$359.99
MEMORY	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3600 (PC4-28800) C18	https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance-2x16GB-PC4-28800-Optimized/dp/B082DGZJ9C/ref=sr_1_2?crid=SYEGHUBHE26B	$152.99	1	$152.99
DISK1	PNY XLR8 CS3040 4TB M.2 NVMe Gen4 x4 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)	https://www.amazon.com/PNY-CS3040-Internal-Solid-State-Drive-M280CS3040-4TB-RB/dp/B08TRN15K5/ref=sr_1_1?crid=58NNUWQ2KRY3&th=1	$549.99	2	$1,099.98
DISK2	SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus SSD 500GB - M.2 NVMe Interface Internal Solid State Drive	https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-970-EVO-Plus-MZ-V7S500B/dp/B07M7Q21N7/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1Q9C4DFCS8DEL&th=1	$69.99	2	$139.98
VIDEO CARD	NVIDIA - GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card	https://www.amazon.com/NVIDIA-GeForce-GDDR5-Express-Graphics/dp/B00UNF2XRK/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1JSKD3XD3JBZR	$364.92	1	$364.92
FAN	Corsair iCUE H100i Elite Capellix Liquid CPU Cooler	https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-H100i-Capellix-Liquid-Cooler/dp/B08G1NSG7F/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3NAH6JA9UOFH5&th=1	$149.99	1	$149.99
POWER SUPPLY	Corsair RM Series, RM750, 750 Watt, 80+ Gold Certified, Fully Modular Power Supply	https://www.amazon.com/CORSAIR-Certified-Modular-Microsoft-Standby/dp/B07RF237B1/ref=sr_1_3?crid=RPYYLTL70BIN&th=1	$82.21	1	$82.21
CASE	NZXT H510i - CA-H510i-W1 - Compact ATX Mid -Tower PC Gaming Case	https://www.amazon.com/NZXT-H510i-Vertical-Integrated-Water-Cooling/dp/B07TD9S3HZ/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3TBS1R50XAAH&th=1	$134.99	1	$134.99
				TOTAL	$2,839.05

OS Specs

• POP-OS Linux
• RAID0 of system drive
• RAID1 for data drive

Things learned along the way:

• UEFI through and through for future proofing
• Needed to manually enable M.2-4 slot in BIOS
• Great article on formatting RAID set for Linux: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/guide-install-pop-os-20-04-on-raid/156379
• Rsync is your friend: rsync -avxHAX --progress /myFiles/* /backup/
• NVMe drives can load so fast that mdadm doesn't have time to settle down.  Have to add x-systemd.device-timeout=0 parameter to /etc/fstab
• RGB Lights are pretty
  

That's it for now.  Cheers!

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