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Then it's behaving normally. The video "box" in twitch is set to fit to the screen that is available horizontally. If you get rid of the side menus and the chat room it fits to the space available. If you don't like this, tell twitch staff. They probably have vertical stretching set to a certain amount based upon your resolution/browser scaling so that content will fit on one screen in a page no matter what. You might be able to trick it by pressing ctrl & + or ctrl & - to change the scaling in your browser.

Okay. Are all streams like this? Because streams look fine to me. What's the aspect ratio of your new monitor? Does it happen in full screen? Does it still happen if you bring back the left and right menu?

You are playing LoL. I refuse to help you. J/K So what are you streaming with, Xsplit? OBS? If either of those, set your aspect ratio to 16:9. Twitch doesn't like other aspect ratios. What is the aspect ratio of your new monitor?

I have seen people have success with that built-in NIC. I would run it as if you don't need one, and if you face problems install an Intel NIC later. Generally if the NIC isn't compatible, then you will know right away most of the time. Also do some shopping around to compare prices, newegg ONLY you will lose money. http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-C255D4I&c=FR&pid=7b82056d0d550d777feda45b854cf68d3397a79eca17e2efb28685dfad61bbca&gclid=CjwKEAiAx4anBRDz6JLYjMDxoQYSJAA4loRmSNraWn85cdvK1v4a6W_2sQ4Naw90qneE9zBZ0lfSthoCjFbw_wcB http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/884037-REG/Western_Digital_wd20efrx_2_TB_WD_Red.html Also swap to this power supply... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151139&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= Cheaper and 80+ Gold and still Seasonic quality. Also your memory is not compatible with that motherboard. It needs unbuffered memory, not registered. http://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=C2550D4I#Memory Always check memory support lists, especially with ECC and server boards. It seems like there isn't much unbuffered 16gb sticks, only 8 gb sticks. I would strongly advise swapping to this stick because it doesn't seem like registered ECC is supported by the c2550d4i. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148770 Also grab a UPS if you want some extra protection, UPS is highly advised for a server, especially one using ZFS. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16842106105 Something like that.

Yeah that would work fine as well. It's like the economy version fo the c2750 (half the cores) but it's plenty for your needs I guess. It really depends on if you are going to REALLY utilize plex a lot or if you are going to encode just one or two streams at a time. Yeah that would work fine. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157419 That's the link fixed if anyone is curious.

Do not use AMD motherboards with FreeNAS there are many incompatabilities, also most AMD motherboards don't support ECC RAM which is highly recommended for FreeNAS. That motherboard doesn't support ECC RAM. It also only supports 16 gb of RAM, you want a little more headroom than that to upgrade in the future. At least 32 gb. This is because for every TB of storage you want about a GB of RAM with FreeNAS mainly for performance reasons, but also because if you have too little RAM you might lose your pool. If you skimp on the motherboard, and the ECC, then you will regret it one day. Also you are spending too much on the PSU IMO. But that's just me. I always recommend this board+cpu combo. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157475 You get what you pay for, and this is a true performer for FreeNAS and mini-itx so it fits your build. Mini-itx + ECC gets pricey.

http://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/Z97P/specifications/ Check the specs. It has 1 pcie x16 slot and another pcie x2 slot. No mention of SLI at all. Not all z97's support sli.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/geforce-gtx-970-sli-review,4.html I would highly advise against it for a few reasons: 1. A 500w PSU is not putting out 500w under load to your components. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/80_Plus 2. When you push the physical limit of a PSU, that's when the components of the PSU struggle long term. 3. Over time ALL capacitors wear out and transfer energy less efficiently, meaning what was once effectively capable of 420 watts eventually puts out 400 and 380, etc... In a couple years your PSU will render your system unusable most likely. Please reconsider. You are potentially in danger of permanently damaging components in your build and in your PSU by doing this. Given the minimum standard of 80 watt plus and the watt test above for dual 970s, I doubt you would have sufficient power under full load to handle it already. sure the example I gave was an i7 extreme, but it's not THAT much higher in consumption. It's never a good idea to push your PSU to it's limit, it's always good to have about 100W of breathing room past what you expect to use or so.

You are in 11th grade, don't give him a refund, you built it for him, he didn't consult you before doing something stupid.

http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/middle-earth-shadow-of-mordor-geforce-gtx-970-vram-stress-test.html I wouldn't worry about it. Whatever difference between 3.5 gb of RAM with the .5 gb partition that the 970 has and an exactly the same card with 4 gb of RAM would be is not usually noticeable. When you SLI, both cards run a "mirror" of the RAM, meaning each card has the same things in it's RAM, it's just a copy because communicating between each card via the RAM would bottleneck anything loaded into RAM over the bus.

Sure but the maximum temperature allowable on the new intel processors coupled with how cool they run because of new optimizations means that even in a fairly high ambient temperature, you still won't get within 10-15 degrees celsius of the max under normal use.

How profound! To answer your question I do know people like this, but I don't know anyone that would ever say "Ball is Life".

Sure but if the user doesn't have any interest in overclocking (which why would you with the i5-4690k) and doesnt find it worth it to spend the extra money on the K series then might as well run stock. Nothing wrong with running stock. I agree it can make sense depending on the user however.

No need for an aftermarket cooler on intel chips if they aren't going to overclock (which this cpu can't). But can't agree more with changing the PSU, definitely go with a good make and model.

FreeNAS, especially done right (UPS, ECC RAM, server motherboard) isn't cheaper than synology, but it has some advantages (wider plugin support, customizability, power user options, enterprise-grade features).