Sharp55

Hi all, Im yet to pull the trigger on this build as I couldn't see how I'd lose by waiting for the ryzen release, and then heard rumours about 1080ti so waited some more. Waiting has had slight benefits cost wise, and hoping the 1080ti release tomorrow brings down the 1080 price. The release of ryzen has put me in an awkward position though as I am now not sure what the better choice is for my needs. I'm tossing up between the i7-7700k and the 1700 or 1700x. I would like the PC to have some longevity to it and I'm thinking the Ryzen will serve me better later down the line but I am slightly concerned with the ram issues and its only average gaming performance, especially if I want to go 2k 100+hz. On the other hand, my other PC uses such as cad and programming would probably benefit from those extra cores. I haven't put together a possible ryzen build but my assumption is it will cost around 2500AUD to get what I want. I would also just buy the best GPu I can get for budget 1080ti> 1080> 1070 . (Possibly extend budget again if I think it's worth it. 1080ti looks sweet but is a huge $1200aud) Looking for some opinions on ryzen. Is it worth trading that gaming performance for some extra power elsewhere? Will the extra cores serve me better say in 3-4 years, or is multithreaded applications not going anywhere fast? Are Ryzens current problems a deal breaker? Is it better to go Intel now and then reevaluate PC performance in 3 years and possibly upgrade again? (Probably an expensive option) Any opinions appreciated. Please let me know if you need any other information. Thanks heaps

So I've done some thinking and this is what I have come up with. Budget extended slightly to about $2500 AUD All prices AUD Desc Price Where to buy MOBO ASRock Z270 Extreme4 Intel Z270 $199.00 MSY CPU intel i7-7700k $488.00 NetPlus CPU Cooler Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $145.00 MSY RAM Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 LED ONES $169.00 MSY GPU SSD Samsung 960 pro M.2 SSD $429.00 MSY SSD 2 / HDD Samsung 850 Evo (Retained) $0.00 OD N/A CASE Corsair Carbonite 400c $144.00 MSY PSU EVGA superNova NEX 650W $129.00 Austin Computers Total $1,703.00 Thinking a 1070 to top it off but not sure which one. Thoughts? Thanks

Hi all, thanks for suggestions, I am in AUS, sorry should have mentioned that. Budget i said was 2000, but there is some room to increase if i have to. (which looks extremely likely if i want to stick with these conditions) The screen can be bought separately later on down the track once i regain some wealth, i have 2 working screens at the moment which will do. Its more of an end goal for the PC to be able to handle as i will definitely be moving to dual 2k monitors down the track. Can probably drop the 1080 dream for a 1070 if its too expensive. I'm still working on my own thoughts and will post them once i have had some time to go through the suggestions. Cheers!

Hi All, I am considering a large upgrade to my PC which is turning 5 years old soon. Current specs: CPU: i5-2500k - OC to 4.0GHz CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper-212X MOBO: Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 SSD: Samsung 850EVO 500gb (Upgraded to recently will bring over to new build to pair with an M.2 drive probably) HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB GPU: Nvidia GTX570 RAM: G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB PSU: Coolermaster GX Power 750Watt Monitor 1: Samsung PLS 27" (not a good gaming monitor) Monitor 2:Benq 1080p monitor Case: Coolermaster storm enforcer My PC is highly multi-purpose: Uses: -Programing -Gaming -Cad -School work -etc Don't currently do any photo or video editing on it. Aim: Would love to achieve 2k 120hz+ high-ultra settings for most games. (Screen to come at some point) I do not plan on reusing anything from my previous build at this time as i would like to still have it. Preferences: CPU: i7-7700k GPU: GTX1080 (May be a stretch) Budget ~2000 Cheers

Hi all, Our newly installed home NAS running openmediavault unfortunately had a problem with the OS HDD after a few days of usage which led to me having to replace HDD and reinstall the OS. Upon resetting up I noticed that the Raid was found and all our data was still there after recreating the file system but unfortunately the Raid array seems to have lost one of the HDDs and consequently is in a degraded state. Is there a way to rebuild this array without having to rebuild the entire array and lose the data on there? Thanks.

Hi Thank you for all your replies. Taking a look at openmediavault as suggested. I was originally thinking raid 5 but I have since read some articles saying that raid 5 is obsolete now? Hardware wise, if we were to use openmediavault, would something like this do? -Gigabyte H97M-D3H -Intel Pentium G3260 Thanks EDIT -Can I install openmediavault to a USB stick or do i need to buy an SSD for the OS?

Hi all, I am preparing to build a home NAS but need a few suggestions with some of the hardware and ZFS/ECC. I already have -Old PC case -PSU Plan to buy -4 or 5x2t WD red NAS drives depending on raid 5 or 6, we need at least 6t of storage to begin with (Possible expansion in a few years) -CPU Suggestions please -MOBO suggestion please -RAM Suggestions please, ECC??? Questions How important is ZFS i only have a basic understanding of what it is. How risky is it to have ZFS and non-ECC ram. Anything else i should know? Thanks Sharp

Hi all, I am wanting to but a new 1440p monitor, My local store has these two in stock that look promising but i can't find any reviews on them? Does anyone have any experience with these? http://www.scorptec.com.au/product/Monitors/25%2B_inch/55841-S27D85KTSN http://www.asus.com/au/Monitors_Projectors/PB278QR/specifications/ Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks EDIT: Will my Nvidia GTX570 be able to support a 1440p screen and a 1080p screen at the same time?