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[Build Log] The Payoff....Skylake build

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Thank you to everyone that assisted me in the original thread:

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/471929-new-skylake-buildlooking-for-opinionswith-reasons/

 

Here we go.....Final thoughts at the bottom :) (Worth Reading)

 


 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($109.99 @ Micro Center) 
Thermal Compound: Gelid Solutions GC-Extreme 3.5g Thermal Paste  ($12.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($219.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($347.99 @ Adorama) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($655.98 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($655.98 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit)  ($129.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Cougar Dual-X 73.2 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($15.98 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Cougar Dual-X 73.2 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($15.98 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Cougar Dual-X 73.2 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($15.98 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Cougar Vortex PWM 70.5 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($14.99 @ Directron) 
Case Fan: Cougar Vortex PWM 70.5 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($14.99 @ Directron) 
Other: Cablemod Black/Red Cables (Purchased)
Total: $3330.36
 
 
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I absolutely loved building this....Though I have upgraded my systems and friends...I have not done a complete system since....Pentium 4's lol

 

The only BAD experience was ASUS Customer service.  I settled on OS Raid (WD drives).  I was unable to have the M.2 and Bios RAID.  Many combinations were tried and many phone calls to Asus.  Asus calls often goto the Philippines and people speak with poor English and often put you on hold to ask someone else.  I was promised a specialist call back from Indiana and never received it.  Extremely dissatisfied with ROG and ASUS in general.  I did try the ROG forums...no help...the couple posters there basically read off the spec sheet to boost their post count.  I also tried Emailing JJ (PCDIY...not that I need to tell anyone who he is LOL)....with no return email.

 

In general...Probably my last purchase from ASUS.

 

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M.2 drives can't be RAID' ed when in a PCIe mode.

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This looks amazing! :D

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Quick thing. Did the cable mod cable set come with the combs or did you have to buy those separately?

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I really like the SLI bridge! It would go really nice with my own Twin Frozr cards. I'm getting a good idea for a future build.... anyways Good job! :)

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M.2 drives can't be RAID' ed when in a PCIe mode.

Well they can... But they are not usable for boot drives using software raid, and I don't know if a hardware raid exists yet for m.2 pcie.

 

http://www.legitreviews.com/hyperx-predator-m-2-pcie-ssds-raid0_161457

http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Storage/Intel-Skylake-Z170-Rapid-Storage-Technology-Tested-PCIe-and-SATA-RAID/PCIe-RAID-Resu

 

Apparently last I've heard the hardware raid for ASUS and Gigabtye is still broken, but it works for Asrock (at least you can make the hardware raid array...) 

 

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1873181

 

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Well they can... But they are not usable for boot drives using software raid, and I don't know if a hardware raid exists yet for m.2 pcie.

 

Software RAID is near to useless for M.2 in PCIe due to zero boot drive support for a RAID of them. Hardware RAID for M.2 (at least for PCIe interfaced drives) doesn't exist.

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Software RAID is near to useless for M.2 in PCIe due to zero boot drive support for a RAID of them. Hardware RAID for M.2 (at least for PCIe interfaced drives) doesn't exist.

Technically it does (see all the edits), but it's SUPER buggy atm, which with raid 0 basically means it's non-functional.

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I really like the SLI bridge! It would go really nice with my own Twin Frozr cards. I'm getting a good idea for a future build.... anyways Good job! :)

Kurald Galain likes it as well.

 

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Software RAID is near to useless for M.2 in PCIe due to zero boot drive support for a RAID of them. Hardware RAID for M.2 (at least for PCIe interfaced drives) doesn't exist.

 

I was not RAIDing the M.2  ....I was trying to Bios RAID the WD drives.  As soon as you enabled RAID...the M.2 disappeared....no one at ASUS or ROG forums was any help.  If you selected RAID the BIOS could no longer see the M.2  ......If you have AHCI selected the BIOS can see every drive..but obviously is unable to RAID.

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How long did it take to piece together???

I had everything bought by last weekend...I took my time putting it together because the M.2 was just released on Nov 3rd.  Total time for the hardware build was minimal...a few hours.  Buying and researching took way more time.

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I was not RAIDing the M.2  ....I was trying to Bios RAID the WD drives.  As soon as you enabled RAID...the M.2 disappeared....no one at ASUS or ROG forums was any help.  If you selected RAID the BIOS could no longer see the M.2  ......If you have AHCI selected the BIOS can see every drive..but obviously is unable to RAID.

Yea its messed up right now. Perhaps in the future ASUS and others will get their shit together. Anyways, did that cable mod cable set come with the combs?

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Yea its messed up right now. Perhaps in the future ASUS and others will get their shit together. Anyways, did that cable mod cable set come with the combs?

The Cable mod set came with a free starter set of combs to get started....but no I ordered combs....specifically ::

 

http://www.performance-pcs.com/cablemod-cable-combs-4-28-slot-clear.html

 

I used 8-slot and 8+8 slots  and 24 slots.............I ordered others because I wasnt sure exactly what I needed...actually wasted some cash there :(

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The Cable mod set came with a free starter set of combs to get started....but no I ordered combs....specifically ::

 

http://www.performance-pcs.com/cablemod-cable-combs-4-28-slot-clear.html

 

I used 8-slot and 8+8 slots  and 24 slots.............I ordered others because I wasnt sure exactly what I needed...actually wasted some cash there :(

Ahh. See I am just really pissed off that Performance PC rips me off so bad on shipping. Like really? 20 dollar shipping on an item I happen to know costs less than 5 dollars to ship.

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Mass SSD: Crucial M500 960GB  // PSU: EVGA Supernova 850G2 // Case: Fractal Design Define S Windowed // OS: Windows 10 // Mouse: Razer Naga Chroma // Keyboard: Corsair k70 Cherry MX Reds

Headset: Senn RS185 // Monitor: ASUS PG348Q // Devices: Note 10+ - Surface Book 2 15"

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Prosumer DYI FreeNAS

CPU: Xeon E3-1231v3  // Cooling: Noctua L9x65 //  Mobo: AsRock E3C224D2I // Ram: 16GB Kingston ECC DDR3-1333

HDDs: 4x HGST Deskstar NAS 3TB  // PSU: EVGA 650GQ // Case: Fractal Design Node 304 // OS: FreeNAS

 

 

 

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