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  1. atled
    Cooler - Noctua NH-D15 I plan on continuing to use. RAM - 32gb DDR4 3200mhz Corsair LPX I plan on using in the new build GPU - 3070ti FE PSU - 750W Seasonic CPU - i7-7700k Motherboard - Asus Z270-a Prime Monitor - 1440p 144hz G-Sync I play all kinds of games. RPGs, FPS, City Builders, etc... High frame rates are important to me. I'm wondering if this generation of CPU's is the one in which I'll finally upgrade. I'm torn between the 13th gen i5's and i7's but I'm currently leaning more towards the i5 as I feel I'll get a significant boost in performance from my current CPU and the increase in cost to the i7 might not be worth the extra money. I do hope to keep my current cooler and RAM as a way of softening the financial impact. Thoughts? Also, I wonder how much extra performance I would really get going from a 7700k to a 13th gen. Does anyone have some good numbers on that?
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    Okay. Sounds like I need to do some research on using VMs to handle my stuff instead of messing with the hypervisor. Thank you for the advice! I’m gonna try Unraid this evening. I do have a second computer not doing anything that I can test Proxmox more with as well. Perhaps I’ll see how both works and choose whichever works best.
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    That must have been the wrong turn I made. I was trying to install things straight through the shell to interact with an NTFS drive I had connected. Perhaps that was unnecessary or I should have done that through the individual VMs.
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    Okay thank you for the great reply! I’ll give unraid a shot! I tried promox very briefly but couldn’t figure out using the non-paid version to access free repositories. Then again I didn’t spend too much time on it so there’s probably something I missed. But Unraid will be the next thing I try and hopefully the last! Thank you.
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    Okay I suppose I can drop the gui requirement. Especially if it’ll make me learn more which it sounds like it will. Are you suggesting Unraid in that last sentence? If so, I was hoping to get an OS that is free. I guess I could try it free for 30 days and see if I like it. If it does what I want then the cost for a license isn’t too high.
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    I have an 8TB and a 3TB HDD along with a 128gb SSD. 64gb of DDR3 RAM. TLDR; First time home server owner. Want a straightforward experience with little need to tinker for home media. I’m tech savvy not but not too savvy with home server creation. I’ve fiddled with Windows Server, Windows 10 Pro, and Ubuntu. Here’s are my asks. - Has a GUI - Is “easy” to use - Plex, Sonarr, Radarr, server dashboard like Heimdall - Is free - Can run a minecraft server for friends without exposing massive security holes - Remote Desktop accessible I know most all of those OS’ can do those things, but I’m wondering what would make it the most straight forward to operate. I wasn’t a fan of windows because I ran into too many issues with Docker Desktop and permissions problems. But it handled the rest very easily with just installing executables. I wasn’t a fan of Ubuntu because apparently Wayland breaks Remote Desktop and makes it unusable. I am leaning Ubuntu though because if I can get past the Remote Desktop issues and just SSH then I can access things through a web gui and solve that problem. So, should I suck up my problems with those and push through? Or is there an alternative that might fit better? Thanks
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    Alright so after watching a few reviews on that it seems like I may want to sacrifice the 2-1 to get something with a little bit more power. I think I'll need that more than the 2-1 since I'm going into CIT courses and will probably have to run virtual machines. Not sure if the Y processors can handle that as much as I want. Screen size can be upgraded to 15.6" max. With that being said, anything with a U or HQ processor that'd fit the criteria of a thin and light? Might be able to squeeze the budget up to like $1599 if that could make it happen.
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    Max they'll do is 18 months on Alienware and 12 months everything else. Best Buy'll do 18 months on everything in the price range I'm looking at.
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    Hey everyone. Here's my criteria for a laptop for school, hopefully you guys can help me find it. Must be on Best Buy's website since I'm going to finance it. Budget is around $1399 max. Battery life is a high priority. 6 hours or more of video/writing. Must be thin and light with 2 in 1 functionality. I'll be using Windows Ink a lot for note taking so that's a must have. Could be detachable like a Surface. Must be less than 15.6" 1080p minimum i5-i7 preferably. Doesn't have to be quad core. Not looking to do gaming other than basic indie games. 8gb RAM minimum 128gb SSD is doable however 256gb would be nice. Build quality is also a high priority. The keyboard has to be something I'll enjoy typing on and doing school work with. (Surface laptops are pretty much the standard in build quality I'd like. Not sure if there's others as good.) I/O doesn't really matter since I'd use a bluetooth mouse if necessary. The weight and size is a high priority. I'm coming from a thick and heavy laptop and I want this to be something I'll barely notice when it's in my bag. Thanks guys!
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    Hello everyone. So I have the HOTAS system. The left hand throttle works 100% fine. Buttons, mini-stick and all. The joystick however has issues. The action of yaw, pitch, and roll work 100% of the time. The buttons like the trigger and the hat switch do not work. Well, most of the time. If I hold the trigger down, some buttons will work some of the time. Other times they'll be stuck in the on position even when not being pressed. Even more odd is that the three switches on the bottom work all of the time! I'm so confused as to why it would work sometimes if the trigger is being held down. Thoughts?
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    I'm trying to find out the most efficient way of backing up my two 120gb SSD's and one 500gb HDD. I have a 2tb WD Green that is sitting with 1.3TB free and it just hit me I don't have my drives backed up anywhere. Is using Windows system restore points the best way? If not, please let me know. I also plan on buying a separate hard drive for backing up everything on my computer as well. Thanks!
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    Sounds good. I'll shoot them over to him and see what he says about it.
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    I've taken things into consideration and have come up with this build. Thoughts?
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    I recently upgraded my GPU from two EVGA 2gb 770's Superclocked to one FE 1070. I now have two spare cards and two 4gb sticks of ram sitting around. My dad has had some experience with PC gaming and I'm looking to put together a decent mid-range computer for him. Here's two builds I've put together for him. One being a bare-bones, short term build, and the other being one with a larger upgrade path and the ability to SLI the 770's. Storage is also already taken care of and I plan on overclocking the processor. Basic Build Upgrade Path Build Please share your thoughts! I'm trying to keep it as cheap as possible as he doesn't want to go all in on this just yet.
  15. atled
    Not necessarily unless you want to run even lower temps or even higher overclocks than that cooler can provide. I have that same cooler on my i5-3570k and I've overclocked it from 3.4 to 4.4 without hitting 70 degrees. Had to dial it back because of some crashing to 4.2 though. For the money you'll spend on the cooler it will give you a nice area to play around in for overclocking. If you decide you want to get really serious with it, then pick up a liquid cooler. For beginner overclockers it'll do a very good job.
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