Recent content by garage_logician

I was thinking of using the WD Red drives in the PC because they are quiet and run very cool. But I would give up some performance. I thought If I put it on an SSD cache it would help (writes would be faster, not sure how well the read caching would work for video and photo files). I...

I have a Synology DS1812+ configured with WD Red 3TB drives so I am good to go on backups. Cost is not an issue, but value is. I don't mind spending more to get more. -gl

I have built (mostly) a PC that I am using for photo, video and audio. The mobo that I have is the Asus Sabertooth X79 which has SATA ports configured for SSD caching. So, my question is this; what would be the optimal config for the drives in this PC? I do have a Samsung 840 Pro as the...

Great. just got my 840 Pro last night to replace a Crucial Nuetron. :-/

Is there any difference in these cards? I am leaning towards the Asus Matrix 7970 Ghz on Newegg but wanted to make sure that I was getting the latest and the greatest. I cannot tell if these are all the same cards with different names or if they really are different in some significant way...

I have a Corsair 550D with an H100 mounted on the top. The stock fans were kind of loud so I replaced them with Enermax T.B Silence fans. Subsequently reading this forum it seems that they might not have enough static pressure to be a good choice. I am thinking that I can use the Enermax...

What is "arctic"? I have no problem getting a reference card and adding cooling myself. I want something quiet, and fast. And if this is the best way to get that, I am in. :-)

I have decided on the 7970, but I am looking for some advice on which to buy. Is the Ghz model worth the extra money? How about something like the Asus Matrix? Diamond? Sapphire? Looking for the best bang for the buck, not the cheapest. Thanks!

I am building a PC whose primary use will be video/audio/photo. I have all the parts with the exception of a video card. My assumption is that in the gaming card arena the AMD cards are better than NVidia since they have superior GPU(?) numbers. Bear with me, I am just coming up to speed on...