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I wonder if it can do optical display port cables. I have 3 of these, Avencore Carbon Series 5m DisplayPort Active Optical Cable (Supports Ultra HD 8K@60Hz) and swear by them because I have so much electrical interference under my desk where I rout all my cables that copper based cables were causing screen jitters and tears. They have worked flawlessly with both my 2K and 4K screens, I wonder if they will work with the advertised 8K 60hz

Turns out you just cant cheap out on Display Cables.

Im having trouble understanding what the Cashe drive is for, If I need to implement one. and if I can assign it to half a physical drive? Or will it format the entire drive in creation? Also with the Raid 6. will that intergrate into UnRaid or does UnRaid need to build it

I will start with the Hardware I have and then explain what I want to do with it. CPU: AMD Threadripper 2990WX (stock) RAM: 64GB ECC Memory (oc from 2666 to 3200) GPU: x1 EVGA GT 710 (for unraid), x2 GTX 1070ti (for gaming vm's) MOB: Gigabyte X399 Aorus Xtreme SSD: x1 Samsung Pro 850 256GB, x3 Samsung 860 EVO 256GB M.2: x3 Samsung 970 Pro 512GB NVMe SSD PSU: EVGA SuperNova 1600W T2 RAID: MegaRaid Controler with x6 WD Gold 10TB HDDs (CPU, RAM, x2 1070ti are watercooled by EKWB Gear) My goal with this build is to have 2 Gaming VM's, 1 Rendering, Number Crunching and Streaming VM, and 3 smaller VM's to host game servers on (eg. Minecraft, Factorio etc) I would like the break down to go something like this... - 32 Threads, 20GB Ram, for Streaming and Rendering PC (on one of the NVMe drives)- 8 Threads, 10GB Ram, 1070Ti for first gaming machine (on one of the NVMe drives)- 8 Threads, 10GB Ram, 1070Ti for second gaming machine (on one of the NVMe drives)- 4 Threads, 6GB RAM, for Factorio Server (on one of the EVO 860 SSD)- 4 Threads, 6GB RAM, for Mincraft Server (on one of the EVO 860 SSD)- 4 Threads, 6GB RAM, for another game server (on one of the EVO 860 SSD)- 4 Threads, 6GB RAM, GT 710 for unraid + file server (Cache drive on a half partition on the PRO 850 SSD, If at all possible)[I use the other half for a windows install that boots the whole pc together] - And the MegaRaid Controler supplying a Raid 6 drive to the Streaming and Rendering PC, or all of them if possible. I know it should be possible and ive watched some videos on how to get started but nothing seems to cover the depth of my build. Im also open to any suggestions on how to make this more efficient if it can be. Any help will be much appreciated

So in the end I ended up realising I could use the USB 3.1 header on the Motherboard and stepping it down to a 20pin USB 3.0, and then stepping that down to a male 10pin USB 2.0 adapter, which I can then plug my hubs into. I’ve ordered them from eBay and when I get them I’ll report on of it worked.

So I bought the Asus Rampage VI Extreme and never thought that with a $700 board, I would run into a USB 2.0 issue. The board only has one USB 2.0 9pin header and I have 6 devices that need a internal header. I thought I had solved my problem by getting 2 ‘NZXT Internal USB Hub’ and dasie chaining then. I then bought the ‘ASUS ROG Front Base’ which needs to be plugged into the ROG EXT header AND the USB 2 header as one connector. I’ve attached a screenshot of the headers in question. Now I either have the Front Base plugged in or all my other USB devices. So I thought I’d get a USB 2 header PCIe expansion card but can’t for the life of me seem to be able to find one. This could be because it’s just such an old tech that it doesn’t exist any anymore. So my question is, does anyone know where I might find a PCIE USB 2.0 9pin header expansion card?

Hey Glenwing, thanks for the suggestion. Alas it didnt work.

I cant say, I have ever posted my own topic to a forum before. So I hope I am putting this post in the right place. I recently purchased a ROG Strix GL702VM Gaming Laptop in the 7700HQ series with the 1060GTX with 6GB of GDDR5. I upgraded the M.2 SSD to a Samsung PRO 960 M.2 NVMe 512GB and installed 32GB of HyperX Ram to give it more juice to work with. While I was upgrading these things I thought why not get a new monitor while I'm at it. I now have a shiny new ASUS PG27AQ UHD 4K IPS monitor. (Thanks to the video review Linus did on it) I wanted to utilise the Mini-DisplayPort on the laptop to drive the 4K monitor as it (and the Thunderbolt 3 port I think) is the only way to enable the G-Sync on the monitor. However when I connect the Mini-DisplayPort to DisplayPort 2m cable in, the only options I get for resolution are 1024x768 or 800x600 (Note: the cable was aftermarket and only $8 so it wouldn't surprise me if that is the issue but I want to make sure its nothing else before investing in yet another cable). I can get the monitor to work properly with a HDMI with resolution 1920x1080 at 60Hz or 3840x2160 at 24Hz. (And no G-Sync support) I would much prefer to utilise what I paid the $$$ for in the monitor but I cant seem to work out what the problem is. I have, - made sure the drivers are up to date - checked if it was a setting on the monitor - looked up to see if anyone else was having this issue with this monitor but all I keep getting are reviews on how good the monitor is rather than anyone having any display issues. - looked up the specifications on the Mini-DisplayPort on the laptop is capable of and it seems to support it, especially considering the laptop explains to you that G-Sync will only work via that port (and or Thunderbolt 3, again I think) - looked up on the GTX 1060 6GB to see if it is capable of driving such a monitor. The Nvidia website seems to only list up to the Titan X to support 4K but I do believe that list is out of date considering there is no way a GTX 1080 wouldn't support 4K, and as I mentioned earlier it will push the resolution via HDMI just at a terrible refresh rate. (And no G-Sync) - I also got my old portable optical drive out to spin up the CD the monitor came with, just in case there was some specific driver I needed to install on the computer but all it had on it was the Manual (which was zero help with this issue) and a outdated Nvidia Driver. - As a last ditch attempt to work it out, I factory reset the laptop as I didn't have much on it yet anyway and that still didn't fix the issue. I only have a few ideas on what it could be but I just don't know enough to make a proper decision. Coud it be, - the $8 cable is just terrible and I should get a better one? - the cable too long? It's 2m - 'Active DisplayPort Cable' issue? I remember way back when I used DisplayPort last time I had issues with this, could this be a similar issue? - I should be using a Thunderbolt 3 to DisplayPort cable instead Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated. I don't want $1350 worth of monitor to be wasted on HDMI 1980x1080 60Hz with no G-Sync.

I never would have thought of something like this but now that I jog my memory I remember rear projection TVs were a big thing around the late 90s. I wonder if I can get my iPad Pro to connect to it somehow

Thanks for the replies guys. In reply to the comments, I do have very good headphones. Vmoda Crossfade M-100 I also do have a vast library of FLAC that I listen to, and carry around a Fiio Kunlun-E18 to use with my phone while I'm out an about. So I am an audiophile. So with that in mind is this still a good card to hold onto? I also like the fact that this card gives me 'DTS-HD Master Audio' as I love to have that ability when watching movies. I remember watching Independence Day with Master Audio on, it was intense when the aliens attacked with the laser beam. ​I remember reading back when I bought this card that the ATI Radeon HD 5000 series cards were offering built in support for DTS-HD Master Audio but that was the last I ever heard of a video card offering support. Do current video cards offer this or did they leave it up to the onboard sound cards these days?

Linus did a review on the 'AuzenTech X-FI Hometheater HD Sound Card' a few years back. I know the card is old now in terms of 'technology years' but is there a better card out there today that does what this card does. Because I still have one and don't know wether it was a good idea in the end holding on to it. or if even onboard sound now does what this card can do. Any thoughts?