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    HDD dock recommendations?

    So the hard drive dock is just to manage your bare drives or are you looking to pull the drives from your externals? Do you have spare sata ports in your machine? You might want to consider something like a 3/4/5 in one bay. If you have room in your case for a 3x5.25 hard drive cage these...
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    NAS w/ separate Media Server or build an all-in-1 solution [Build ordered]

    As a followup, this is the build I ended up going with. I got a pretty good price on the storage. Everything else was pretty average in price. I'll be adding a cache drive that is a WD Green 2TB as soon as I move the data off it onto the new array. Summary: E31241V3, 16GB ECC RAM, 16TB...
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    NAS w/ separate Media Server or build an all-in-1 solution [Build ordered]

    They are about 5 years old. If they pass the unraid preclear step I will probably add them back into the array. If I want to run a couple of virtual machines, I don't think 4GB is going to be enough. Thoughts? Good point on the CPU horsepower. I want to strike a good balance between...
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    NAS w/ separate Media Server or build an all-in-1 solution [Build ordered]

    So I have been doing my research for a while on putting together a new all in one machine. My old setup was a WHS v1 with 3x2TB drives which has since run out of space and is a bit long in the tooth being about 5 yrs old. I already have replacement drives on the way because I got a good...
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    NAS w/ separate Media Server or build an all-in-1 solution [Build ordered]

    I am looking to replace my old setup of WHS v1 with 3x2TB WD Green drives. Along with this I used older SageTV extenders. I am evaluating my options for the holiday sales and trying to decide the pros/cons of building 2 separate boxes, one with unraid just for storage and another to act as...
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    2014 - The year of 4k? 28" 4k $699+. 1440p 120Hz too!

    I like the ASUS panel but I wouldn't want to downgrade in size from my 30". What I really want to see is a 2560x1600 30" @ 120Hz
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    ZOTAC 780ti $649 ($50 off) @ Newegg w/ Promo Code

    Good price, unfortunately I grabbed 2 780ti superclocked cards before Christmas
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    GPU Usage spiking

    Can you see if an application or process usage possibly goes up at the same time?
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    EVGA GTX 780 ti superclocked SLI high idle temps

    I'm not a fan of google apps and software, I only use their search engine begrudgingly. This seems to have solved my issue for now.
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    EVGA GTX 780 ti superclocked SLI high idle temps

    I already had adaptive set as a global setting but the culprits were: 1. Having hardware acceleration enabled in the Logitech software for my G13/G15 2. Metro apps not being closed when you drag them to the bottom of the screen. You need to drag them to the bottom of the screen and then...
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    EVGA GTX 780 ti superclocked SLI high idle temps

    Thanks for the tips, I'll start checking app settings tonight for hardware acceleration. I'm using a Sidewinder mouse with a Logitech G13 and G15 keyboard. As for monitors, I am only running one.
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    EVGA GTX 780 ti superclocked SLI high idle temps

    No, 60hz 2560x1600 30" Dell
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    EVGA GTX 780 ti superclocked SLI high idle temps

    I setup a new rig last weekend and am checking on my temps and they seem to be a bit high. Ambient is 79F/26C and these are reference coolers. At idle the gpu fans are running at 38% and 60C. This seems extraordinarily high. While running BF4 on ultra the fans kick up to about 55% and...
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    HAF X + ROG Hero + SLI GTX 780Ti + VGA Duct doesn't fit

    That's what I ended up doing. You can mount a 120mm fan in the duct to feed air between the cards. The ROG Hero seems to have the slots setup so there is already more spacing. The duct would have been more useful if the slots were sandwiched together like on other motherboards.
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    HAF X + ROG Hero + SLI GTX 780Ti + VGA Duct doesn't fit

    I was trying to finish up my new build with the parts listed in the title: ASUS ROG Hero motherboard HAF X Case SLI'd GTX 780Ti I cannot seem to get the VGA duct that sits behind the hard drive cage to fit with this configuration. The middle plastic bar on the duct sits directly over the...
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    H100i and powering 4 fans question

    I was thinking that perhaps both headers worked in conjunction so the fans hooked up to both headers would try to run at the same speed to try to avoid any cavitation issues. I threw up a post at the asus boards to possibly try to get an answer from them on the behavior. If I hear anything...
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    H100i and powering 4 fans question

    I guess I am curious as to how the motherboard will adjust the fan speeds. If it thinks the thing plugged into CPU_FAN is actually a fan and it is actually reporting say 2000 rpms on the pump will it then try to ramp up the fans connected to CPU_OPT to 200 rpms as well.
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    H100i and powering 4 fans question

    Interesting, thanks for the idea. I wonder how the motherboard would handle controlling the fan speed when they are just connected to the opt header, since it is probably just a mirror of the main cpu header. It looks like the connector on the h100i only reports back the rpms of the pump.
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    HAF X Case - 6 fans vs only 3 chasis headers on motherboard

    Parts: Cooler Master HAF X Case ASUS Maximus VI Hero I am wondering what the suggested way to hookup the fans for this case would be. The HAF X has 6 fans: Front: 230mm Top: 200mm x 2 Side: 200mm Rear: 140mm VGA card fan duct: 120mm Only the VGA duct has a pwm fan. The Hero...
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    H100i and powering 4 fans question

    Parts: H100i 4 x Cougar Vortex CF-V12HP PWM fans ASUS Maximus VI Hero motherboard I am looking to run the H100i in a push/pull configuration. I do not plan on using Corsair Link and do plan on using FanXpert 2 that is part of the AI Suite that comes with the Hero. The Hero only supports a max...
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    Recommended tools for new build testing

    I already have them. They are a Samsung EVO 500GB and a WD Black 3TB.
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    Anyone using 120GB OCZ Vertex 3 have an opinion on latest firmware?

    With OCZ filing bankruptcy you should really question warranty support etc. Plus I think the v3 firmware controller issues are one of the contributing factors to the bottom falling out of the company. All depends how much risk you are willing to assume...
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    Derek Smart takes a Dump on ATI...Check it out

    Been a while since I've seen a DS sighting
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    Recommended tools for new build testing

    I should be putting my new rig together next week. I would like to test my components before I start working on the OC for it. What tools are recommended for testing my ssd, physical hdd, and ram.
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    Anyone using 120GB OCZ Vertex 3 have an opinion on latest firmware?

    Personally I would dump it and get a known reliable modern SSD like the Samsung Pro/Evo or Seagate 600 which are pretty cheap right now, especially in the 120GB range.
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    Newegg to ship all HDDs in new shock-resistant packaging

    I did. Ended up having to do an rma and they don't crossship rma orders so I made them spring for the 2 day UPS shipping so I can have it for my build next week. I had to sit on hold for over an hour to get to talk to someone though.
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    Newegg to ship all HDDs in new shock-resistant packaging

    Their packaging is still crap in my opinion. Here's pics of a package I just received this evening. The hard drive was flopping around inside this giant box with my motherboard for the whole journey.
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    EVGA Supernove 1000 P2 vs Corsair HX1050

    I ended up going with the HX1050 because it showed up in stock before I could finish my Supernova research. I ended up getting it for $180 which I thought was a pretty good price. I did buy it through ShopRunner so can return it if I change my mind to the Supernova. I do like the full modular...
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    EVGA Supernove 1000 P2 vs Corsair HX1050

    Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Corsair H100i Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" SSD Western Digital BLACK SERIES 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM 2 x EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Creative Labs Sound Blaster Zx Cougar Vortex...
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    GTX 780 Ti reviews

    I used the ROG Hero for my evga 780ti superclocked with the blower cooler. I liked the spacing on the pcie slots and it had a 1x underneath the cards so you weren't messing up their intake airflow.
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    EVGA Supernove 1000 P2 vs Corsair HX1050

    Been looking for a 1k power supply but Newegg has been continually out of the HX1050. I also can not see to find any direct comparison reviews between the two. I have run Corsair PSUs in the past and they have performed very well. Does anyone know of any direct comparisons between the two...
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    HOT!! Seagate 600 SSD 240 GB....$129.99 w/fs!!

    I was tempted but decided to get the EVO 500gb for 280$. We'll see if buyers remorse kicks in...
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    Christmas build rating, looking for suggestions I may not have thought of

    True enough, sort of like required and recommended specs for games :) As others have said, I dont think I'll notice a difference between most of the speeds anyways so I'll just shop on price these next few days for a 2x8. Thanks again.
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    Christmas build rating, looking for suggestions I may not have thought of

    I think I am going to go with the TI's. I've had good luck with SLI in the past and if I'm going to splurge someplace I would probably do it on those. I snagged a 4770k for $216 w/ tax at Microcenter last weekend so I am set on that part now. The HAFX is one of the few parts I had already...
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    Christmas build rating, looking for suggestions I may not have thought of

    Which Seagates do you like currently? Like I mentioned in my original post, I haven't used them in years but I'm not opposed to them.
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    Christmas build rating, looking for suggestions I may not have thought of

    I'm sure you have more experience than me with this, but why do they list it as compatible in their datasheet if running it out of spec will damage the controller? http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/datasheets/core-i7-memory-suppliers-datasheet.pdf More specifically...
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    Christmas build rating, looking for suggestions I may not have thought of

    Yeah the 2x8 seems like the way to go, which will also result in an easier OC on it. I don't really care about expanding my RAM in the future as I have never really had the need to. The only reason I am going 16gb instead of 8 is to run a ramdisk for some things I am working on. I actually...
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    Christmas build rating, looking for suggestions I may not have thought of

    Good point, I was going to jump on the 2133 corsair deal for 2x4@52$ a pair but missed it by like an hour
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    Christmas build rating, looking for suggestions I may not have thought of

    I should be able to exhaust all the heat from non reference coolers with the hafx case but I usually run blower style coolers so I can get more of an overclock. Thoughts?
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    Christmas build rating, looking for suggestions I may not have thought of

    Microcenter has the super clocked evga ti for only 700 so i might jump on that