EricSartor

I meant more so that if I did use an external, it would be a USB connection  but I guess that settles it!

if you're looking for a low energy server you won't have very demanding requirements. use a stock cooler. if you dont have one people give them away for the price of shipping

I'll go ahead and iterate on that,,,my Gamecube.  That was my first console, and it's the only console I still own.  I've owned an Xbox, Ps3 and a Wii, and I sold them all. The Gamecube had such awesome games.  Metroid Prime, Pokemon Coliseum, Luigi's Mansion, Super Mario Sunshine, LoZ Wind Waker, Gauntlet Dark Legacy, Resident Evil 4, Mario Party, Mario Kart, Tony Hawk, I-Ninja, LOTR The Third Age, Need For Speed..I'll stop now

Welp, I've offered all I can...sorry...good luck!

Not a review, but I've been really curious about building a Hackintosh for running Pro Tools, and your last video on that was in 2014...any chance you'd make an updated version?  From what I've heard, there are only a few parts that are compatible with a Hackintosh, and I don't trust anyone outside of Linus Tech Tips to teach me :l just a thought...

lol

Just goes to show how little I actually know about PC parts  I put together this PC mostly by guessing, and I made so many mistakes...it took me 4 hours

Orrrr just get a PWM split lol. Don't listen to that guy who wants you to solder shit. 

<cut, bleed>
"****** I should've just bought a console!"

Fastest way to end up in hell

Thanks!  Got a lot of help from the lovely people on this forum

That's what I figured...figured I'd get some advice in case there was something I didn't know about heatsinks  thanks!

He made me a TIGHT desktop background:
 

That's really thoughtful!  I'm in Canada though, so no luck here either

If you have an nvidia gpu, try using an older driver: ie: 364.72. the anniversary edition comes bundled with a driver that is not compatible with the game. Anything before driver version 368.95 should allow you to play though
 
I think it's probably the same with AMD, just rollback your driver and you should be good to go

Something to Remind You (Live) - Staind

He made me a TIGHT desktop background:
 

Bionic by Placebo
Never Meant by American Football
A couple of my personal favourites.  I love this kinda stuff

Bionic by Placebo
Never Meant by American Football
A couple of my personal favourites.  I love this kinda stuff

Avoid FakeRAID (onboard RAID) at all costs. It's just horrible in every aspect and should only be used in very rare cases where you're unable to do software or hardware RAID. Software RAID is the cheapest and easiest option, hardware RAID is the best option but is most expensive. Let's explore different scenarios:
 
2x500GB SSD RAID0:
Faster performance. 1000GB (theoretical) storage on a single partition Higher risk of data loss (if one drive dies you lose everything so you've doubled your risk of data loss) If your data is not important and performance/storage is then this is your best option 2x500GB SSD no RAID
Not as fast as RAID0 (but they're still SSDs so you'll be happy with the performance) 1000GB (theoretical) storage across two partitions (so you can only save 500GB on one and 500GB on the other so you can't have a single file of 501GB) Lower risk of data loss (if one drive dies you only lost the data on that drive so you've halved your risk of data loss) If you want a lower risk solution with possible data recovery on a drive failure then this is your best option. 1x1TB SSD
Not as fast as RAID0 (but they're still SSDs so you'll be happy with the performance) 1000GB (theoretical) storage on a single partition Normal risk of data loss (if the drive dies you lose everything) If you're fine taking the normal risk associated with your current PC then stick with a single drive solution. And because I'm having fun with this...
 
2x1TB SSD RAID1
Slower than no RAID (but they're still SSDs so you'll be happy with the performance) 1000GB (theoretical) storage on a single partition Lowest risk of data loss (if one drive dies you still have all of your data) If you don't want to take risks with your data then this is the ideal solution. Now if you want a cost effective solution I would recommend looking into protected/redundant (i.e. RAIDed) network storage for your audio production work and other important data.
 
Regardless which route you go, ALWAYS TAKE BACKUPS OF YOUR IMPORTANT DATA YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE!