Server is a general workstation, designed around a 14-core i5-13600K processor.

This build is designed around a 14-core i5-13600K processor.

This customer needed a powerful new workstation to handle their growing professional workload that would last a long time.

This build was designed for Quickbooks Enterprise.

This build is similar to The Workaholic.

Processor (CPU): Intel i5-13600K

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock 4

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX

Memory: Kingston Fury Beast 2x8GB DDR5-4800

Storage (SSD): 2x Kingston KC3000 512GB RAID1

Power Supply (PSU): Enermax Revolution DF2 850W 80+ Gold

Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow Black

Fans: 3x Noctua NFF12 PWM Black

OS: Windows 10 Pro

The i5-13600K gave the customer a great amount of single-core performance for general use, and multicore performance for heavily-threaded tasks.
To ensure the CPU runs at full speed, air cooling with a single-tower cooler is recommended. Liquid cooling is more powerful, but not needed for this customer.
The customer wanted a stable motherboard with a good amount of desktop functionality.
The customer wanted at least 16GB of RAM, and didn’t want last-gen tech. More memory can be easily added in the future.
The customer requested twin 512GB Gen4 NVME drives in RAID1 for mirrored data protection.
This build uses the onboard graphics for display out.
The overall design of the build meant that a 850W power supply was recommended.
We used our default mid-tower case to fit the build.
We used our default fans to ensure proper airflow and static pressure.