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BrandonS

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    Male

System

  • CPU
    i7 4790K @ 4.7
  • Motherboard
    ASUS Z97-M+
  • RAM
    8gb Corsair Vengeance Pro 2133mhz
  • GPU
    Sapphire R9 290X Tri-X OC @ 1180/1600 Processor/Memory
  • Case
    Bit Fenix Pandora
  • Storage
    Samsung EVO 120gb SSD; 2x1TB HDD
  • PSU
    Corsair CX750M
  • Display(s)
    Dell U3415W
  • Cooling
    Corsair H100i
  • Keyboard
    CM Storm Quickfire Rapid-i
  • Mouse
    Logitech G502
  • Sound
    On Board
  • Operating System
    Windows 8.1

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  1. I haven't looked into UNRAID at all, but played with FreeNAS a bit and am now running xPenology on my machine. One thing you gain from running xPenology is that it is a port from consumer and prosumer machines. Those machines are known for their OS which is filled with features and has software suites that will work together to get you up and running for what you need. With that said, I'm not sure what UNRAID offers, but in the case of FreeNAS you could accomplish much of the same; however, it took a lot more faffing about it and wasn't all necessarily a GUI driven process. With FreeNAS, for a lot of things you would have to use multiple third party suites, get them to play nice, and then they'd work. In xPenology, there is none of that, it's all there and ready to play nice with itself. I think another plus for xPenology with your setup is looking at the drives you have put together. So to speak, it's a hodgepodge, it looks like it's a collection of drives you have amassed over time. With xPenology in your use case, they have a RAID structure called SHR and SHR-2. These are fairly equivalent to RAID 5 and RAID 6 respectfuly, but with the benefit of being able to take advantage of different drive sizes in the array. On a RAID 5/6 each drive would utilize only the space equivalent to your smallest drive. Just know the general recommendation now-a-days is to steer away from RAID 5 (SHR) with a shift to RAID 6 (SHR-2) if you want to use those. This is mostly due to the use of larger drives these days. If you lose a drive in a RAID 5 array and have to rebuild your pool with a new drive, the risk of a bad sector on a "good drive" goes up as disk size goes up. At a certain size of drive that risk goes from a risk to likely to happen. At that point you would lose all your data during restructuring when you come across the bad sector. In a RAID 6 array, this bad sector would be equivalent to a second drive down and could be overcome using the additional parity bits the RAID 6 has. I'd suggest reading into it, but that's a very basic generality. Also check out this link to play around with RAID arrays; it has Synology's SHR arrays on it so you can compare and see if there is a benefit with your multiple drive sizes. https://www.synology.com/en-global/support/RAID_calculator Good luck with your build!
  2. I'm currently looking into purchasing a gaming laptop. I am looking in the 15.6", 1060, i7 realm and would like it to be fairly portable. This lead me to the GS63VR and GL502VM. Prices/stats are comparable but I like the more understated look and smaller form factor of the MSI. It looks like I can get a refurb MSI for $1250 off of eBay. With CES just around the corner and the 1050 coming out should I expect the price to even drop much? Would a 1050 unit be in the $1000-1300 range? Would their performance be good (I have a 290x on my desktop as a comparison). How long after "announcement" are units typically available for sale? Im kind of stuck in a spot where I need to order it now to get it before a trip that will be months long if I want to get it before I leave. I'm trying to figure out how advantageous it would be price and option wise to wait for CES releases. The XPS 15 with the 1050 sounds nice, but I'm thinkstill my it will be well out of my price range. Thanks for any advice.
  3. So I have a 3440 monitor and when web surfing I like to just have it centered taking up about 2/3 of the horizontal space. When I close it Win10 will remember this and open it the same as it was closed. The problem I run into is when I snap to the right or left for multitasking and it remembers that size and then I have to resize it and remax top to bottom (winkey+shift+up). I close windows a lot so it's getting old resizing constantly. Is there anyway that I can set the default size Chrome opens as to the 2/3 width, maximized top to bottom instead of it defaulting to the last previous size it was opened at? I realize this is most likely a Windows setting and not a Chrome setting. The only thing I've come across was in previous Windows editions I guess you could hold CTRL down and click close and that would set the window size as the default state. That didn't do the trick in Win10.
  4. I have the same setup; 4790K with an H100i. When I first put the computer together I had the exact same problem. The idle was reasonably high and when stress testing it would spike straight to the 90's and I would have to stop the test. I assumed it was because I was OC'ing wrong (first computer build/first OC try). After wracking my brain forever and trying a bajillion settings I pulled the pump assembly off the CPU. What I found was that the thermal compound didn't ever really squish; and I loosed/retightened it quite a few times trying to fix the cooling issues. 95% of the thermal compound pulled back off the CPU and was on the cooling block like it had never been touched. My remedy was to put it back on and "swirl" the pump on the CPU to kind smoosh it around. A bit unconventional and not what I think most normal people would recommend, but it worked. I now have it overclocked to 4.7ghz using adaptive. It idles around 27-30 and during stress tests using IETU it hits the high 70's low 80's. I still feel like the thermal compound in there isn't doing it's job very well. I need to look into the different brands and order some here soon.
  5. Sorry if this is long, but I'm pretty lost on what would best suit me. A couple months ago I did my first computer build. I'm looking for a larger monitor, as I feel this one doesn't have enough resolution or physical real estate. The computer I'm using is running a 4790k, 8gb RAM, and a Sapphire R290X Tri-X OC 4gb. The monitor I currently am using is fairly old; a VH232H. It bought it a couple computers ago. It's 23" and I believe it's a TN panel. My computer use is, to be honest, mostly internet surfing. I do enjoy casually playing games and photo editing. I'm not a competitive gamer and play different genres, but do not touch FPS. I also do not make money taking photos, but have done paid shoots for people and enjoy it as a hobby. Saying this I would prefer color over speed so I believe an IPS is what I'm looking for. I have also decided on 1440p. I do not believe my computer stands a chance at 4k and I'm not so sure it's good for web/desktop use yet. So that what I know and now I'm lost. I believe I've narrowed it down to a 27" IPS or the UM95. I researched the Samsung/BENQ 32" monitors, but I don't believe they really meet what I'm wanting; I could be wrong though. So what would you all recommend? I like the idea of the ultra widescreen and having 2 browsers next to each other; I think it'd be great for general web research where I can have two windows instead of my current ADD induced tab flipping. The question is do I need the 34" 3440x1440 for this or would a 1440p 27" have enough realestate and fine enough resolution to do it on that? I'm leaning I think towards the UM95 and the biggest things holding me back are the price and the fact it would have to sit in front of the hutch on my desk instead of in the "monitor hole". As far as budget, I'd like to stick to around $600 give or take for the 27". I know the UM95 sits $200 higher in price than that, but I can justify the extra for that screen in my head. Also, whatever screen I do get will be my monitor for quite a long time (I've had my current for probably 5-6 years). Sorry again for the long post, but thanks for any help you may have.
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