Lloyd

Yeah, I read that, but still wasn't sure as I'm relatively new to this kind of networking.
 
Thanks for the confirmation though!

Awesome advice and guidance from everyone here! The whole setup is much clearer to me now and it's nice to feel assured that I can get the best from the hardware I'll be installing.
 
Thanks so much!

That's the general idea. Though it could always vary (Worst case scenario, one editor is watching YouTube, the bandwidth cost should only be payed by that editor).

nah, most switches are smart with this as it knows what is directly connected to it via a MAC address table it learns. As long as the computers and server can talk and are both directly connected to the same switch, it will bypass the 1gb LAN and use just the 10gb connection between the 2. 

Why would it be inhibited? You just need to connect everyone to the switch, and make sure that the switch's internal support is higher than everyone running at 10Gb/s at the same time (like, having each connection have it's own controller (this makes more sense), or if say, there are 10 editors, make sure that the switch can handle over 100Gb/s internally.
 
Edit: I had misunderstood the question, this does not have anything to do with the 1Gbt/s network.

How about creating a "subnetwork" where you have a managed switch/router connected to the outside network, while allowing for 10Gbt/s internally (via 10Gb ethernet or SFP+, or even Wireless-AY/WiFi7, if you could somehow get the hardware for 60Ghz, especially on 4 streams)?
 
Edit: @Skiiwee29 already recommended this. I second that recommendation.

Can you get a small 10gb switch to put between you and the internet connection that you can connect the PCs and NAS to?

That is the way modern decent switches are working.
 
It is more or less part of a technical design aspect called "non-blocking switching", "non-blocking throughput" or in general non-blocking architecture. This means the switch's backplane can support each of its port at full duplex speed.
For example, if a switch has twelve 10GbE ports, the switch's backplane will support at least 240Gbit/s of switching capacity.
 
If you want to get started into the 10GbE world and don't want to spend big numbers on your first switch in this class, I recommend the Netgear XS712Tv2.
It is around 1000$-1100$ which is a really good deal for twelve port 10GbE BASE-T switch (with the benefit of two of this ports being dual personality ports which can either be used as RJ45 or SFP+, in case you have to connect some fiber optical gear in the future).
It is web managed, so you don't have to learn any CLI commands, which should be completely sufficient for what you want to achieve with your setup.
 
Little OT: I would suggest you implement some kind of firewall between your network and the network of your friend to prevent unmonitored/unwanted access between those two networks. In case some ransomware or anything alike breaks out in the network of your friend, it could spread via Windows File Sharing (SMB) or other protocols, and vice versa if any computer on your network gets infected. But as I stated, that's another topic.
 
Greetings,
Flo

You won't see any advantages from your laptop but link aggregation would allow you to saturate gigabit connections to two clients at the same time. Even if a client had two gigabit adapters, you would only see gigabit throughput from the NAS to a client. If you do want to do it you would need a managed (smart) switch that supports link aggregation. Netgear makes them.

That's disappointing, but fair enough, guess I'll have to wait!
 
Thanks for the reply anyway 

Haha, was just about to post that this was exactly what I did. Worked perfectly. I assume that means the problem is something to do with how the Dell WiFi card communicates with the TPLink Router.
 
Thanks for the suggestion!

Not sure what program it is, but my dad backs stuff up to the cloud for an insanely cheap price.
 
Good luck on the data recovery though, it sucks!

Thanks for all the advice guys, think I'm just going to send it to a professional data recovery company here in the UK. There's too much important data for me to risk buggering everything up!
 
I know, I should definitely be backing up this data if its that important! I'll certainly be investing in that now!

If the 5960X would be cutting into the GPU or monitor budget then I would go with the 5820k, excellent chip that will suite you well. One thing to also consider is the 6960X which will probably be around that same $1000 price point, maybe slightly more that will be a 10 core 20 thread... basically it will dethrone the 5960X and take it's place for the hybrid gaming/workstation builds. So you could get the 5820k as a placeholder until then and then resale it for a slight discount on ebay if you choose to pick up the 6960X. 

I need to stick with the GTX 970 because Adobe doesn't play nice with AMD.

Thanks very much for this dalekphalm, I've just input my existing key into the Windows Activation window and it worked first time! Didn't even have to use the phone activation!

Excellent! Thanks dalekphalm!
 
Coincidentally, I was listening to the soundtrack to Doctor Who Series 5 when I saw your name in your response!  :lol:

Basically, as long as the COA code is for Windows 7 Home Premium, then yes, you can use the ISO you got from Digital River.
 
Automatic Activation over the Internet may fail though - if it does, just use the 1-800 provided on the screen, and activate over the phone. If it forces you to talk to a person to get authorized, just tell them you are reinstalling Windows, and don't mention anything about using a new storage drive.