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Wanted to always have a NAS at home and now I have most of the hardware, just missing the CPU, MOBO, and Potentially a RAID card. (IR/IT Mode?) Willing to go with Linux (Unraid? Freenas? not sure, hope someone could guide me on what's a good solution for my use case scenario.) Or... Windows Server 2016 Not sure if I should wait for the next generation of Intel CPU's, or just buy a used 7700k for $300 CAD or New Ryzen 5. (Saw an extremely good deal on a set of 32GB 3000Mhz DDR4 and couldn't resist, was the start of all this tbh ) Already own a Ryzen 7 system. The budget for the remaining parts is around $500-600 CAD but flexible. Use Case Scenario: Plex, VM (Learn Windows Server 2016/ Linux), General crap I've hoarded over the years. I already run VM's on my desktop but I would much rather dedicate hardware to run them. Hardware I already have are as follows. CPU: N/A (Guessing AMD isn't as good since I will lose 1 Graphics output option) Mobo: N/A (Must be mATX and have 2x Pcie 16x slots, can run 8x, 8x or split more) RAM: 32GB DDR4 Corsair Vengence LED 3000Mhz CL15 SSD: 1TB Mushkin Reactor (Cache drive probably.) Maybe SU800 512GB (Depends which one is not in use at the time of building I guess.) HDD(s): Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB 7200RPM x2 (May get more, two I own are running pretty well for what they are in a heavy use scenario on desktop) Seagate ST3000DM008 3TB 72000RPM x1 (It's a seagate, don't expect it to last long tbh) Toshiba P300 3TB 7200RPM? (Might jump on these, but how similar are they to the other Toshiba drives I have?) Perhaps Larger drives/ NAS/ Server Grade down the road. Want to do a RAID 10 (Software, Hardware: TBD) with the SSD as a Cache drive. GPU's (for VM): GTX 950, NVS 290 (It's ancient, and just need a VGA to power a monitor...) Networking: 2 Gigabit ports (Will probably add a network card 1+1 so VM's will have their own connection or link aggregation?) Case: Fractal Design Node 804 PSU: EVGA 500W 80+ (Not a big deal, can upgrade down the road.)

So, my friend wants to build a new system that he will use for rendering (Premiere Pro is the one he's planning on using but may switch to another one if he doesn't like it), Space Engine V2, light gaming, and "Research" (Folding@Home, GPUGrid, World Community Grid). With the focus being on the research part of things. Budget is $2500 CAD (Inc Tax 5% GST in AB) So before Tax will have to be below $2375 Parts already owned: SP550 240GB, Windows 10 His requirements: 4k IPS display, MITX, Corsair 380T ($180 Inc Tax and counts towards the budget) Also would I5 +1080 or I7+1070 work better in this scenario where research is more important than rendering?

I have selected system restore but its still not responding. Also, I am trying to restore the image on the exact same hardware (Except the hard drive)

Hi guys, Its my first time posting here so I am not too sure where to put this. I have an ACER V3-571G laptop that came with Win 8 OEM, I removed the 750 HDD (Backed up the OS first as a System Image) It had a lot of work that was important to me. I had kept the backup from Summer (2014-07-22) but now I want to restore the image and use win 8 easy transfer to put everything back on the my desktop but the laptop does not run win 8 anymore. so I installed 8 Enterprise Evaluation onto it but the OS will not recognise the image. I assume that the ACER was running Win 8.0 CORE at the time, I back it up, removed the hdd to desktop and haven't been using the original image since. I own 8.1 Pro/ am using Windows 10 Technical Preview. Some help on how to restore that specific image would be awesome. Thanks in advance.

hope i win

Dem 980's so pretty lol

http://youtu.be/OPBVBzviVwQ?t=21m23s i think the gtx 680 is also 10.5 inches long ?

well the shipping costs $40 with UPS but then it also says that i may be taxed up to 75% of the cost of the shipped equipment ....

ok, The Compression fittings are $1 more expensive per piece Res/pump is $100 more -.- ST30 is out of stock but $10 less Coolant is $1.50 more On second thought, shipping it from the US will cost me the extra $50 i saved so its not worth it

Revised: Alphacool UT60 240mm Rad ($90) Alphacool ST30 240mm Rad ($55) EK Waterblock FC-GTX 780 Ti Waterblock + Backplate ($155) Ek Waterblocks Coolant Fluid 1L ($15) X 2 Swiftech APOGEE-XL ($70) Swiftech 1/2" ID 3/4" OD Compression Fittings ($7 per piece) X 10 Primochill Primoflex 10ft Clear 1/2" ID 3/4" OD Tubing ($20) XSPC D5 Dual Bay Res ($50) These are all in CAD If you say NCIX is not a good site for these pats, what website is good for getting watercooling parts in Canada ? And is cheaper and better service ? This is my FIRST watercooling build so yeah

The Gpu's in the pictures are GTX 670's in SLI config. the Reference PCB is 9.5" long while the GTX 780 has a reference PCB of 10.5" so should it fit just fine ?

Any things i should change to make the rig better ? PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($253.79 @ DirectCanada) Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 12g Thermal Paste ($18.88 @ DirectCanada) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($129.99 @ NCIX) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($88.49 @ DirectCanada) Storage: A-Data XPG SX900 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($138.61 @ DirectCanada) Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 780 3GB OC Video Card ($474.99 @ NCIX) Case: Corsair 350D Window MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($100.80 @ DirectCanada) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX) Monitor: AOC E2425SWD 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($129.99 @ Canada Computers) Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($36.99 @ NCIX) Case Fan: Cooler Master R4-L2R-20AC-GP 69.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($6.34 @ DirectCanada) Case Fan: Cooler Master R4-L2R-20AC-GP 69.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($6.34 @ DirectCanada) Case Fan: Cooler Master R4-L2R-20AC-GP 69.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($6.34 @ DirectCanada) Case Fan: Cooler Master R4-L2R-20AC-GP 69.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($6.34 @ DirectCanada) Keyboard: Logitech MK550 Wireless Ergonomic Keyboard w/Laser Mouse ($72.84 @ Newegg Canada) Speakers: Logitech Z506 155W 5.1ch Speakers ($79.99 @ Memory Express) Other: Windows 7 Professional (Purchased) Total: $1610.71 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-12 01:09 EDT-0400

I am planning to do a water cooling setup for my PC. i7-4790K GTX 780 3GB Would the following setup be enough to cool these 2 bad boys sufficiently ? Res + Pump- http://www.ncix.com/detail/xspc-x2o-750-dual-bayres-pump-9a-100272.htm ($74.99) Rads http://www.ncix.com/detail/alphacool-nexxxos-ut60-full-copper-fa-97087.htm x2 ($89.99x2) Backplate http://www.ncix.com/detail/ek-water-blocks-ek-fc780-gtx-50-97949-1198.htm ($34.99) GPU Block http://www.ncix.com/detail/ek-water-blocks-ek-fc780-gtx-50-97948-1198.htm ($119.99) CPU Block http://www.ncix.com/detail/swiftech-apogee-xl-led-back-lit-front-32-96716.htm ($69.99) Liquid http://www.ncix.com/detail/ek-water-blocks-coolant-fluid-c8-64226-1198.htm ($14.99) Tubing http://www.ncix.com/detail/primochill-primoflex-advanced-lrt-crystal-8a-78754-1198.htm ($19.99) Fittings http://www.ncix.com/detail/swiftech-1-2in-x-3-4in-lok-seal-ff-72220-1294.htm ($6.99x10) All Prices are in CAD