Brandonberg

My mate is currently building a house. He has requested to the builder that the house be wired with Cat 6A. He gets a call today from the cable contractor; Contractor: "I'm sorry but this cable doesn't exist. Cat 6 is the best option currently. Otherwise Cat 5e" Mate: "Yes it does. Here is some links and more information on Cat 6A" Contractor: I cannot source the cabling.. It does not exist. The best option is Cat 6 and even that is wayyy overkill for your home. Mate: I am not paying for Cat 6 when I KNOW Cat 6A is exists. I would like to plan for the future, given the minimal extra cost even if i have to source the cable myself. Contractor: It's not worth it anyway because hard drives in modern computers can only transfer data at 56Mbps and cannot even fully saturate a Cat 6 Gigabit connection. We will install Cat 6 cabling for you. Mate: /facepalm. Your services are no longer required. I will call someone who knows what the actual f*ck they are talking about. Mate: Calls me and we both have a good laugh.

Any isopropyl alcohol is fine to use. I have used 70% up to 99%. The higher the alcohol contents, the easier it will remove the old thermal paste and the quicker any residue will evaporate. If you use a lower strength like 70% (or even less) it will just take a little more to loosen and clean the grease but it will still work fine. It will also take longer to evaporate from the work area due to the higher water/lower alcohol content. I would steer clear from using acetone. Not only is it potent and kills off a few brain cells, It can damage certain plastic and paints if you accidentally get it on other components. I normally use a piece of paper towel to remove most of the thermal paste, the go over it with a small amount of isopropyl alcohol on a paper towel to give it a final once over.

Alcohol prep pads from a First Aid kit are also great for removing thermal paste. You can usually buy these as Alcohol wipes/Prep pads/cleaning wipes etc. from Pharmacy or other General store. Otherwise, just use a clean cloth or paper towel and wipe as much off as possible. Honestly, if its still wet thermal paste, a little left behind wont matter. If its hard and cracked, it will probably easily come off in chunks anyway. Alcohol is used because it dissolves the thermal compound, and evaporates quickly eliminating a chance of short circuit. The lower the alcohol content, the longer it will take to evaporate/dry so make sure that all the liquid is removed/evaporated/completely dry before powering anything on...

I have both the E7500 and Q6600 and honestly.... both pretty similar at stock speeds. Would call it more of a side-grade than an upgrade. I do notice that the Q6600 uses slightly more power than the E7500. Unless you specifically need more cores, i wouldnt waste your time with a Q6600.

Wrong. Oceania is a Region. Australia is a continent. Know the difference. Geography class fail derp

simple math would suggest that it is 100 better............... : / but honestly, if you had money to splurge.. and you already have an 850 pro you would probably be better upgrading any other component first.....

im from Straya... but you know.. its apparently not cool enough to be on you poll

Commander Keen

looks good!

1. Xeon or 4790, Either way you dont need a Z97 because you won't overclock. Look at a cheaper board (H97 Etc..) 2. Choose another SSD. The Kingston V300s have crappy NANDs and i have heard a lot of people advising against them. Spend every spare dollar on your graphics card. If you want Nvidia, get the best one that you can afford.

It will be up to the invidual companies (Otterbox, PhantomGlass etc) to test their products on the new 3D Touch iPhone and reengineer if required. Apparently Apple have confirmed that screen protectors will work with 3D Touch provided that they meet Apple's specifications. Source: http://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/09/17/screen-protectors-3d-touch-iphone-6s/ Another Source: http://www.cultofmac.com/389230/3d-touch-works-with-covers/

Update #10 Well it has taken long enough but here are the photos of my final build. I learnt a lot of things with this build as it was my first time water cooling. I hope you all enjoy it as much as i do! Now to start planning the next one Thanks everyone for reading! Brandon.

like when someone leaves their facebook page open, logged in, and device unattended. Then one of their friends writes "i like hairy penis" as a status update for them. Then they cry 'OMG I GOT HACKED!!!! :@ :@" no.. you didnt get 'hacked'... you got belted with the stupid stick.

Update #9 I have been a bit lazy with updating this thread while i try and iron out a few final details of my build. A lot of hardware has been released since i started this build so the longer i leave it.. the older the parts seem! I have finished the build and flushed the loop several times. My first coolant turned dark so i was forced to drain and flush the loop several times before refilling with fresh pastel orange. I have also replace the side windows with a nice piece of glass which enhances the look sooo much. Photos do not do the side window justice. I would recommend a glass side window upgrade to anyone willing to give it a go! I also painted a few other pieces and after making and fitting a PSU cover, decided to remove it. The PSU cover hides all the wires, but i personally prefer the look of the PSU and sleeved cables so i opted to leave it out. I am in the process of taking a heap of photos of the final build and will post up soon! Photo below is when i was initially bleeding the loop and leak testing. One of the reasons it's taking soo long is because i decided to build a FreeNAS box in the middle of it all. Photo of that build below and you can see more about it here. Bleeding the loop (initial bleed. I have flushes it since then) Cutting the tabs off the side panel, Rubber mounted glass, the rubber also stops light from entering the edge of the glass causing glare and highlighting dirt/scratches.

Im no expert on FreeNAS or plex but in my experience it is still a very buggy system. Now i have it working, i wont be touching anything... ever again I did alot of troubleshooting online to try and get Plex to install properly. I came accross the following which worked for me in one instance but may or may not work for you;; When you delete the Plex plugin (assuming this is the only addon you are running), go to the Storage Manager and delete all of the jail template datasets so they are recreated when you reinstall Plex (you may need to restart the server to unmount the datasets so you can delete it). This worked for me after i failed to successfully install Plex about 5 times. Given how FreeNAS is temperamental with plugins, it could be like 1 of 1000 different things that is going wrong though =/