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I love seeing posts like this. It makes me so happy to see people appreciating and enjoying the community atmosphere we have here, and I believe in the long run that will drive our new members to continue this tradition.
 
This is just the beginning folks.

So today, as expected, Canon announced the new 70D. A new DSLR-camera which builds on the three year old 60D.
 
Read more on The Verge: http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/2/4484098/canon-eos-70d-dslr-announced-new-filmmaking-autofocus-dual-pixel-cmos
 
So, I'm an avid videographer and photographer. I have the 650D, but I want to upgrade. I shoot mostly video, so the lack of proper auto-focus is a setback in situations I have to run around and get shots. With the new 70D Canon promises smooth and quick auto-focus with some awesome new tech specifically built around the cameras video mode. 
 
In my opinion this could really be big for DSLR video. It looks like Canon is starting to take the competition from cameras like the Blacmagic Cinema camera. If the new auto-focus system works like the claim DSLR video will indeed take a step in a direction towards proper video camera function. However, there are some very important things we don't know yet.
 
Will the camera let you disable AGC? Can you monitor audio levels while recording? Why is there no headphone output for audio monitoring? 
 
To me it seems the 70D tries very hard to compel video shooters like me, but the lack of proper audio monitoring makes the 70D not much better than the 60D. Yes, auto-focus is a big deal, but for folks like me manual focusing is really in our fingers. In most cases manual focus in actually preferred since you have better control over the image. In addition, Canon mentions nothing about what lenses will be working with the new focus system. Do you need the STM-lenses to make it work? If it works with regular lenses like the L-series from Canon, will they make alot of noise while focusing? In that case it would just be stupid. The sound recording would be ruined. 
 
Lastly, Magic Lantern might be the solution that makes the 70D a great camera for video. The 60D already have full ML support and can output sound with a special cable, display audio levels and so on. It will however take some time. The beta-version of ML for 650D is not yet finished either. A ML-version for 70D is probably far off.
 
Until 70D proves it can handle proper AF and proper sound recording, I'm not sold on the camera. As the 5D Mark II and 60D are very cheap at the moment I see no reason why you would't go for the full frame camera or a cheaper 60D with ML and an L-series lens for the same price. 
 
Sorry for the long text, but it's a topic I'm very passionate about. 
 
 
 

My wet dream!

After what I've read the lower end boards are not as good, but the high end boards perform well. As for me personally I always recommend Asus boards because I've had great Asus boards in the past - all the way back to the Pentium D days. 

i think its part of geforce experience there may be an update some time today for it, if not then then wait for some news from nvidia i suppose 

If you really want fast RAM running at 1.65V it should work with Ivy Bridge and Sandy Bridge just fine. Intel recommends 1.5V with some margin upwards. However from what I see 1.65V runs fine. The argument of not running 1.65V RAM is that the performance gained isn't applicable to real world applications.

If you really want fast RAM running at 1.65V it should work with Ivy Bridge and Sandy Bridge just fine. Intel recommends 1.5V with some margin upwards. However from what I see 1.65V runs fine. The argument of not running 1.65V RAM is that the performance gained isn't applicable to real world applications.

Yep! All the fan openings on the R4 is compatible with 120 and 140mm fans!

Yep! All the fan openings on the R4 is compatible with 120 and 140mm fans!

I've got the P9X79 Pro now and it's a great board with no problems. However, if you really want a hardcore board the ROG-series of X79-boards are as good as it gets. The Sabertooth is a good board as well. However I am not familiar with watercooling so I can't speak of the boards in form of that capability.

My new build is finally done! This is my new workstation for everything video and photo. The parts are as follows:   CPU: Intel 3930k MB: Asus P9X79 Pro Cooler: H100i w. SP120 QEs GPU: EVGA 670 FTW 2GB RAM: 32GB Kingston HyperX Preadator 1600MHz PSU: Corsair HX750W w. Sleeved Cables Case: Fractal Design R4 Black   As for the harddrives I've got the 256GB Samsung 840 Pro, 1x1TB WD Black, 2x500GB Samsung and 2x320GB Samsung in RAID0 for a scratch disk.   This is the third PC I've put together myself. As for the parts I could not be any happier. Working great so far. Looking forward to test how it renders my timelapses.   I've got a AF140 QE and Fractal 140mm fan in the front as intake. One of the Fractal fans was DOA. In the top I've got the H100i with SP120 QEs and in the back another AF140 QE. The noise level is quite good. The H100i seems to cool very well.   It took me about six hours to put together. Mostly because I spent a bit of time wiring and making sure everything looked tidy. The cable management is ok, it's not super, but I think it's decent. The challenge was to make it looks good behind the hard drive cages as I have quite a lot of hard drives and an optical drive. The R4 is an excellent case though, a pleasure to build in. Considering buying one for my gaming rig. Otherwise I'm really happy with the build. Lightning fast!   Will be overclocking when I move later this autumn when I'm going to be working on some bigger projects. Might be updating this post with pictures of my desk and man cave, as well as future upgrades for the build.   Following is some pictures of the build finished. Thanks for all the input I've got!    

My new build is finally done! This is my new workstation for everything video and photo. The parts are as follows:   CPU: Intel 3930k MB: Asus P9X79 Pro Cooler: H100i w. SP120 QEs GPU: EVGA 670 FTW 2GB RAM: 32GB Kingston HyperX Preadator 1600MHz PSU: Corsair HX750W w. Sleeved Cables Case: Fractal Design R4 Black   As for the harddrives I've got the 256GB Samsung 840 Pro, 1x1TB WD Black, 2x500GB Samsung and 2x320GB Samsung in RAID0 for a scratch disk.   This is the third PC I've put together myself. As for the parts I could not be any happier. Working great so far. Looking forward to test how it renders my timelapses.   I've got a AF140 QE and Fractal 140mm fan in the front as intake. One of the Fractal fans was DOA. In the top I've got the H100i with SP120 QEs and in the back another AF140 QE. The noise level is quite good. The H100i seems to cool very well.   It took me about six hours to put together. Mostly because I spent a bit of time wiring and making sure everything looked tidy. The cable management is ok, it's not super, but I think it's decent. The challenge was to make it looks good behind the hard drive cages as I have quite a lot of hard drives and an optical drive. The R4 is an excellent case though, a pleasure to build in. Considering buying one for my gaming rig. Otherwise I'm really happy with the build. Lightning fast!   Will be overclocking when I move later this autumn when I'm going to be working on some bigger projects. Might be updating this post with pictures of my desk and man cave, as well as future upgrades for the build.   Following is some pictures of the build finished. Thanks for all the input I've got!    

"Booker, catch!"

The cable management on this build is excellent! 

Oh, I forgot that the next stream was on our national day. 
 
So yeah, fair warning.
 
Edit: we really should send Linus a Norwegian flag so he could hang in up in the background. It's so empty back there anyways.

For those who've been watching the live streams, you might have recognized a pattern among Norwegian viewers, that they have a propensity towards doing large scale assaults on the text box with declarations of love for their country (sorry, I have been known to participate on occasion, I won't lie)
 
...Linus' next live stream is on the Norwegian independence day...
 
I don't know the implications of this yet.
 
Fair warning is all.
 

It's gonna be all like

 

Stunning build. Looks incredible!

You might want to consider the 660ti, 670 or 7950 for better gaming performance at almost the same price point. 

You might want to consider the 660ti, 670 or 7950 for better gaming performance at almost the same price point. 

Seasonics are expensive, but quiet and top of the line. If you want to save a few bucks you could go with Corsair or Silverstone. 
 
I have no idea if 1866MHz RAM will make any difference. I think 1600MHz is fine for just about anything. Don't you'll see that much more performance. I'd rather say that more RAM would help more that faster ram. 

I think 256GB will be enough. In the future I might get another one and get a Raid 0. Right now it should be able to hold my software and maybe smaller project files as well. 
 
Decided to go with the 3930k. My wallet will hurt, but I'll manage. Build log will come in june sometime. I'll be moving into a new appartment as well in september so I'll setup a nice workstation.

Anyone any thoughts on the Dell 24" LED UltraSharp U2412M?