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You don't have hardware raid here, this is the motherboard fake raid, and still uses the CPU for the processing of the RAID config.
 
Normally if its doing its raid initalization, it will show a progress bar and other info. I'd reset it and turn the raid off on the board.

I mean, AKG N700NCM2 have everything you want, but they're no longer in production so finding a pair is difficult. If you want to go all out the T+A Solitaire T is the best pair of ANC headphones i've ever tried (really expensive but almost worth it) too many ANC headphones are switching to touch controls and touch controls absolutely suck

Fyi amds new encoder is indistuinguishable from nvidia's basically. Side by side the best you can see now is like this one is a bit dimmer or more vibrant and whos it is is just random 😛
 
As for ray tracing yup nvidia has an edge but even with a 4070 ti ray tracing isnt super doable without HEAVY dlss and a 60fps acceptance

If it has to be Nvidia, the RTX 4070 Super is a decent choice and I would not recommend a stronger GPU for 1080p since the CPU bottleneck, even with the 7800X3D, would be more than noticeable + a 4070S is way stronger than 144+ on 1080p for most games.

6800xt and 7800xt are also VERY valid options as they are normally cheaper perform better than a 4070 and have 16gb of vram ehich will be important for longevity

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Thanks, I appreciate the "how this works" clarification; I was a bit confused on that portion. Makes sense now for devices that don't have a second WAN port like I do.
 
The pricing is by far the best i've seen for any option. Typically, even in the longest outage, I used maybe 1-2 GBs max in a month. And I can easily control that in a failover state (hey, no youtube right now, voip-only for WebEx, etc). Assuming the signal is good, I would have gladly paid $25 to avoid any of my past outages; those cost me $100/hr at minimum.

Thanks, I appreciate the "how this works" clarification; I was a bit confused on that portion. Makes sense now for devices that don't have a second WAN port like I do.
 
The pricing is by far the best i've seen for any option. Typically, even in the longest outage, I used maybe 1-2 GBs max in a month. And I can easily control that in a failover state (hey, no youtube right now, voip-only for WebEx, etc). Assuming the signal is good, I would have gladly paid $25 to avoid any of my past outages; those cost me $100/hr at minimum.

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And this is gonna give a fps bosst by 30 to 50 fps

You assumed correct, the Display will be a possible future upgrade, but for now I will stick to 1080p/60FPS.
With erverything I read so far on that topic that will do a solid job for getting familiar with this plattform.

along the lines of "acooterment" instead of saying "accoutrements". 

yeah that's a pretty solid system. i3 really isn't bad for 12th gen. Good job on not going below 500gbs for SSD; I have regretted that. 
 
I'm assuming you are playing/working at 1080p/60FPS correct? 

I feel the easiest to fix this is just to format and redownload windows

So, I have a problem with window's storage spaces and am NOT an expert, so I'm needing some help. Current drive config (yes I know it's messy, I built it over time and really didn't wanna re-install my OS. Gonna get fixed over the winter holiday vacation)
 

 
 
I had an issue with bad sata cables that was fixed when I re-cable managed my PC. Unfortunately, my RAID1 config that I had on my 2 1TB spinning rusts got lost. NBD, i have a 4TB backup, and can re-format that.
 
However, apparently after this event, my 500 GB SSD that I used for modded games was going in and out of visibility in windows. So I re-seated the cables, and then went to check drive health in Samsung magician when I noticed that the drive wasn't showing up properly
 

 
So that second entry where it said it was a storage space got me thinking, so I checked storage spaces and got this:
 

 
How??? So now I can't manage the drive properly, and I don't want it part of this storage space. I believe removing the drive re-formats it.
 
Most of the modded games on this drive took hours to set up; I don't really want to re-do all that and re-map everything. When I go to create a new pool, the 2 1TB drives don't show up, only a different drive that is NOT formatted (the gaming drive).
 
So how do I get out of this state? I can currently launch the games on the modding drive without issue but i'd rather get things right for my re-config, and I was planning on simply leaving this drive be for now. Thanks in advance.

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Pretty happy with how it turned out, got to make my dream machine, and just wanted to share.
 
5950x
FTW3 3080 ti
64gb 3600 cl16
1000w evga g3
Evolv X case
Asus Rog x570-e
Noctua D15
8x 3tb HDD (Network drive, double parity)
2 Tb Corsair MP600 Core
512 Gb Teamgroup MP34
 
Tweaked for 2 days and 68 C max cpu temp on gaming load, and 77 C for the gpu. Max 80C CPU temp max for prime95, 78C on Superposition loop for GPU.
 
5.2 Ghz peak on CPU, with 4.7~4.8 all core
+95 core, +1000 mem on GPU, peak is 2050mhz
 
Thanks all!

I have achieved the final form of my work-from-home/gaming/streaming battlestation. Let me know what you all think! 
 
What do you do with this? I work from home at a major networking company, often on conference calls while multitasking heavily. For fun, I play games and work to expand my own technical knowledge. Among a wide variety of titles, but I play strategy, action, RPG, and FPS games. Assassins Creed, Battlezone, Half Life, DOOM, Skyrim, FTL, Mass Effect, Tomb Raider, XCOM, Dead Cells, and Halo are some favorites. How did you get here? Well over a decade of personal and professional passion and hard work in technology, and help from both friends and family. I started with a hand-me-down Compaq Deskpro that my Uncle brought home from a hospital’s refresh, and a random ATI GPU that my Dad got me in high school. The organizational layout I get from my Mom. Friends in college and from work got me into PC building, and either taught or inspired much of this station.  Desktop Tower: Running case and motherboard from the original 2016 build, but upgrades made to all other components. No need to swap out the case; just keeping it clean. I don’t feel like swapping the motherboard and re-installing the OS, hence the older CPU platform and SATA SSD. Still, the i7-7700k performs very well in all the tasks I use the tower for (primarily gaming). Larger cooler will allow overclocking to further extend the useful lifespan. 16GB of RAM serves this purpose fine. RTX 2070 GPU was purchased in Feb 2020, just missing the GPU shortage. It runs most games at 144FPS/1080p resolution/Max details, so it’s staying as long as it lives. Storage is configured as boot SSD, 2 game SSDs (that were added later), and 2 HDDs for large storage in RAID1. Further upgrades to the fans (2 front and 1 bottom intake, 2 top and 1 rear as exhaust) and cable management allow for improved airflow and extended lifespan. The PSU was just upgrades to 750 watt gold for more efficiency and to allow later overclocking.
Monitors: 3 different displays (obtained at different times on different budgets). The left and right are cheap/free (23in/27in, both 1080p/60hz) while the center display is a nice one (144hz/27in/1080p with adaptive sync. It was more cost-effective and space-efficient to get 3 medium displays than 1 or 2 large ones. As for use case, all of the displays’ input 1 is connected to the gaming tower, while all of the input 2 is connected to the work laptop’s docking station. This allows for streaming/gaming/system monitoring/chat/guides on the desktop, and notes/chat/email/productivity/browser on the work laptop. This is also the maximum amount of pixels that my work laptop can push
 Peripherals: I primarily use the Logitech G815 mechanical keyboard for both work and personal. It (along with the Logitech C920 webcam) are connected to a USB switch, hidden under the rightmost monitor. This allows these devices to be switched between the work and personal PCs. I use separate mice for each machine (MX Master for work, G502 for gaming) for different ergonomics and feature set. Both can be swapped interchangeably between machines.
 Audio: Since no headset that I’ve found has true multi-device support, each device has different audio needs, and windows audio switching is rough, I have multiple audio devices. The work laptop connects to the Cisco 562 Multibase headset on the left, which integrates seamlessly with WebEx for work, via a docking station connected to the laptop dock. The Logitech Pro X is my primary gaming headset, which I purchased for build, mic, and sound quality, along with solid battery life. It pairs wirelessly via a dongle to the gaming PC. I rarely use speakers, but I have a set of Logitech Z407s that were carefully mounted behind the monitor. They are connected via USB to the gaming PC
Lighting: due to poor lighting conditions in my room and my job keeping me on video calls extensively, there are 2 key lights on either side of the main display. The brightness adjusters are mounted directly in front of the speakers, making it easy to adjust while on call, and avoiding a pricier webcam. Due to space constraints, the tripods were ziptied in place.
Work laptop: As with many IT workers, I am now permanently remote. My employer provides a Lenovo X1 Carbon with a Thunderbolt dock. I have mounted it on a metal riser (with venting holes), and used this to add a laptop fan pad, keeping performance as high as possible. Furthermore, this metal rise allows for easy cable management and connections to all the additional peripherals (using every single port on the dock) for full connectivity. This does include ethernet for solid networking. The dock only provides 2 display outputs by default, so a USB – VGA converter was added for the 3rd monitor. Laptop screen is disabled when docked.
Desk: This is a standing desk from VIVO to preserve personal health after long hours; it rises according to the presets on the button panel on the right side of the desk. Additional shelving and mounts were added to the top of the desk for more storage.  A VIVO monitor arm holds 2 of the 3 monitors (the other does not have a VESA mount and sits on the shelf instead. Underneath the desk, a VIVO cable holder was added, and the power strip was mounted, allowing for the best possible cable management of the high number of devices. Charging cables were added at specific locations and held in place with cable clips for convenience. The entirety of the desk setup is backed up by a 1500V Cyberpower UPS, which can run all of the gear for at least 15 mins and up to 80 mins, in the event of a power loss. Various extension cables were ran to make power easy to reach while keeping cables out of the way.
Mobility: The Surface Pro 7 is my personal laptop, used for personal computing elsewhere in the house or when traveling (I don’t use my work machine for personal tasks). When at the desk, it serves as an additional machine to accomplish personal business during work hours, or monitor chat while streaming/gaming. The surface was selected for extremely high portability since I have a powerful desktop. This model can charge with USB-C, which means I only need to travel with 1 charge. This pairs with the Google Pixel 3aXL as my phone (on a mount on the right), and the Plantronics Backbeat Pro 2 SE headphones for my primary mobile gear. More on this in another post
Additional Furnishing: Since some of the furniture was acquired over time, matching cost and height was a challenge. Various cheap Amazon options were selected to give maximum storage space in this office corner, while keeping equipment accessible/off the floor, and providing some display capabilities for personal effects. Full list is in the spec list, although some of this is no longer available. On the other hand, the chair was an investment and selected for additional ergonomics. Walls are used to display Lego (Xpods specifically), personal keepsakes, my diploma, a plaque from work, and some of my favorite books.
Networking: Due to my employment and the needs of my house, I had my ISP place a coax tap for broadband directly into the closet behind my office. I then added my own modem (ARRIS), and then router and switch from Ubiquity. 2 of the cables go directly to the work laptop and gaming desktop for maximum performance. 2 more runs go to Ubiquity Access Points elsewhere in the house for full coverage. 1 more goes to a 5-port flex mini switch for the entertainment center.  The entire network setup is also backed up by a separate APC UPS, providing about 1hr of uptime.

I think the cpu cooler is fine for light overclocking.

The cheapest blackout curtain that exists is aluminum foil and tape.  Looks terrible though and was sufficiently popular at one point to be associated with squalor.

It would work. However you would be bottle necking your 3070 by a lot. It would be better to get a 3060 or 3060 ti and save the extra money.

Depends on your intended use case
 
What application? If games, what resolution, what refresh rate, and what games/genre?

oh! well then it looks like mixing is ok. Hope you get this taken care of. Ive never mixed Thermal Paste before

Yeah you can mix pastes. They're almost all made of the same thing, and they don't react with one another chemically. The main concern of not cleaning old paste is the creation of air bubbles but if you barely have any and need more it's not a concern.

Ryzen
 
well id need to know if its the same components but now its probably too late tbh, its already starting to dry. Oof.