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I have a HP Notebook which I recently converted from 2.5" HDD to SSD. Nice!!! Fast!!! 1-TB SSD was a major improvement however I just learned of the hard drive caddy adapter that replaces the rarely used optical drive with a second HDD or SSD and there lies the issue. My thought is if one SSD is good, a second SSD for non-essential folders (Music, Photos, Videos) would be better and keep notebook PC operating lightening speed. The problem, which type of 2.5" 7mm drive is actually better when used in a caddy adapter in optical drive port? I heard somewhere that an HDD is better as the optical drive is slower which I don't understand as it is fed by a SATA cable just as the main computer drive is operated with. Is there any benefit of HDD or SSD when used as second drive via optical port with a drive caddy adapter? My HP Notebook originally was built with a Seagate 2.5" 7mm 512GB HDD which I just upgraded to a WD 2.5" 7mm 1-TB SSD which made a world of difference. However by the time I synced my Home PC files and folders to the Notebook, I'm already back down to less than 500GB on the new SSD. So I want to use the hard drive caddy adapter with a second drive and move bulky folders to second drive and dedicate primary drive to Notebook for high performance yet maintain all the files and folders from my Home PC in my Notebook while on the road. I need access to the same files and folders whether I am at home or on-the-road for days at a time. I just need to know for a Notebook in mobile use, would it be better to use a HDD 1-TB as the second drive or can I use and benefit from a second SSD 1-TB (or higher) drive? What is this craziness about the optical drive port operating at slower speed? In addition to upgrading Notebook from HDD to SSD, I also upgraded RAM from 6GB to max 12GB which I feel really benefited the Notebook as it now rivals the speed of my Home PC. Now I have the Notebook I've always dreamed of.

Ran into an issue I haven't yet figured out how to fix. I've got a single GTX 770 Superclocked 4GB dual bios video card running three Asus VG248QE 144Hz monitors. Obviously there are only two physical DVI ports on the video card, then one Display Port (which I thought was another DVI port using this DP2 to DVI adapter), then the HDMI port which I'm not using. I've got three identical 10' DVI cables to all three monitors but out of three idential monitors, only two reflect 144Hz refresh and the third only has a single option of 60Hz (monitor using Display Port). It was my understanding that using all the ports with exception to the HDMI port should yield 144Hz rates to all three monitors but this is not happening and therefore when I go into Nvidia Surround View, only two of the monitors can be used, or all three if I switch all three to 60Hz refresh rates which defeats the purpose. What the hell is going on? Do I have to purchase yet another expensive and matching GTX-770 and run in SLI to get all three monitors to operate at 144Hz refresh rates? Either someone has lied to me about this single video card being able to run 3 Asus monitors at full 144Hz refresh rates, or maybe there is a setting I need to change in the video card to make the display port work like the DVI ports, or I need to have two identical Nvidia video cards with two monitors on the first card and the third monitor on the second card. Why in the hell can't Nvidia make a video card that has three matching DVI ports and one display port? Most people I've seen only use either 3 or 6 matching display monitors. The Nvidia video card I bought clearly states it can handle four monitors simultaniously but apparently not at gaming refresh rates of 120Hz or higher. This will become even more a bummer once I install the Nvidia G-Sync modules.

I'm hoping the G-Sync modules are in fact under $100 U.S.D. When I first learned from Linus on Oct 25th, 2013 that this was a possibility, I rushed to get ahead of the potential crowds and got my 3- Asus VG248QE monitors at a nicely discounted price of just over $200 a piece. Rumor was in Q-1 of 2014, that same monitor will come with G-Sync pre-installed for around $400 each which is a lot of moola for 3 monitors. So if the modules come in for do-it-yourselfers under $100 each then I'll be satisfied with my new build. Since there are no sign up sheets to get on a list when they release, it's anyone's guess how we will be notified when, where, and how they are to be purchased.

I just clocked my system tonight and these setting are more in line with what I'm comfortable with and will probably leave them like this. Here are the system snapshots: I double checked my temp's and they are stable at 38°C running at slow speed. CPU Cooler is Corsair H-110 liquid cooling with 280mm x 140mm radiator and dual fan. In addition there are three case fans: 2x200mm, and a 140mm. I'm happy with these readings and will leave them alone now but I've got a feeling my system could do more if I could figure out how to make it happen.

I have both DVI's and DisplayPort on three ASUS monitors and HDMI on the large screen TV for watching movies and such.

One more thing real quick. The ASUS VG248QE monitors will be the ONLY monitors with G-Sync module kits which must be installed. In the first 3 or 4 months of 2014, select ASUS gaming monitors will come with G-Sync already installed. Benq, Visio, and two other monitors will release with G-Sync installed about fall of 2014. Other brand monitors will come later. That is my full understanding at this point. So if you want to get on the G-Sync bandwagon before everyone else, you must buy the before-mentioned monitor(s), and install the qualifying Nvidia video card(s) (GTX-680 and above) otherwise you'll have to wait until Q1 of 2014 to buy an ASUS G-Sync Gaming Monitor. Nvidia says the ASUS module kits will be ready to ship before end of this year but you must install it yourself or have someone install it for you.

I've got my three ASUS VG248QE monitors, now I'm waiting on Nvidia to release the G-Sync kit to us do-it-yourself techs. Can't wait to see the difference. Got my Nvidia GTX-770 SC 4GB card installed and everything is matched up, just waiting on Nvidia. Was hoping they'd have a signup sheet for those of us who want the kits but no luck. They claim before end of this year for kits.

It ain't much at the moment but I'm iching to crank it up soon as I can think of a safe way to do it. Right now CPU and motherboard temps are 29°C and mostly steady in the 30's. All five fans and pump are running very quietly at minimal rpm's (500 and less) though I have the pump at 900 rpm's. Using the Corsair H110 liquid cooler and it's working beautifully. I just completed my newest build which is ASUS / Intel Z87, Nvidia GTX-770 SC 4GB, 4-sticks of Corsair Vengence 1600 MHz at 32GB. Three monitors are ASUS VG248QE. I'd like to push my new rig further but unsure how to safely as I'd like to see what it's capable of considering what it costed me to build this thing, but worth every dollar.