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    5930k @ 4.3ghz
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    Asus x99 Deluxe
  • RAM
    Corsair Dominator Platinum 16gig kit, DDR4-2400
  • GPU
    2x Asus Strix GTX 980's
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    Silverstone FT02B-W
  • Storage
    500gig Samsung 850 Evo, 4tb WD Black
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    Corsair RM1000i
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    BenQ XL2430T, LG 24" unknown
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    Corsair H80i GT
  • Keyboard
    Corsair K95 RGB w/ browns & Vortex PBT doubleshot backlit keycaps
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    Corsair M95
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    Logitech z5500's, Audio Technica ATH-AG1
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    Windows 10 Pro

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  1. Are you talking about the original Pebble Steel? If so, just to give some feedback I might recommend looking at a different smartwatch because I have had nothing but issues with my Pebble Steel after the 3.0 update came out; my top button completely stopped working, and I'd say a good half of the time the screen would be in a frozen state with notifications causing the entire face of the watch to just show static until I scrolled down. I was holding out hope that they would come back and update the firmware to improve performance and reliability, but since Fitbit just bought out Pebble and they have stopped all production on Pebble devices, I'd say there's about 0% chance of a firmware update happening now. Just wanted to give you some words of caution for just now getting into one of these (I replaced mine with the Samsung Gear S3 Frontier smartwatch, and I'm loving it so far). But to answer the actual question, I've gotten mine pretty wet and it didn't seem to be affected by it. I never went swimming with it on and never showered with it on, but sometimes it would get pretty wet when washing my hands and it didn't seem any worse off (the button issue I described happened as soon as I upgraded the firmware to the new version, so I doubt water had anything to do with that issue).
  2. This whole conversation is completely useless without knowing what games you're wanting to run. I have 2x 1080s and a 5930k @ 4.3GHz and I can't get more than 40FPS in certain places in World of Warcraft because of how badly it is optimized for multiple cores on the CPU. Every game is going to act differently, so tell us what games you're focused on and that will allow for an actual answer to be given.
  3. As someone who had SLI 980s, and recently upgraded to SLI 1080s, the answer is that it 100% depends on the games you're playing. Games like The Witcher 3 have great SLI scaling and will utilize the full power of the cards, however games like WoW will only use about 50-60% of your GPU power as it's held back due to CPU limitations (WoW specifically doesn't use all CPU cores well, so my 5930k @ 4.3GHz still is the bottleneck with WoW). Also consider games like Skyrim and Fallout 4 that require you to limit your frame rate if you don't want to completely break the physics of the game (I can run Skyrim at over 150 FPS, but when I enter a room it's like a bomb explodes and everything that is movable freaks out). So limiting the frame rate will mean you're not fully utilizing the cards. My advice would be to look at the games you want to play and see how well they utilize SLI and gpu power in general before spending a bunch of money. It was a little disheartening to spend what I did on 2x 1080s only to find that in most of the games I want to play, I have to either disable SLI to make them run smoothly or cap what the game outputs so that I don't have issues in game.
  4. Just look at cases like the Silverstone Raven or Fortress series cases; I have the Fortress FT02 which has the video cards vertical and it makes 0 difference. I've kept this case for so long (going on 6 years now) largely in part because I have 0 concern about GPU sag. Here's a pic because I feel like showing off my new videya cards lol
  5. I have an MX Master for my work mouse too and I don't regret it at all. The battery lasts a very long time and I can't tell of any inherent delay or acceleration (though I guess it would depend on your work/use case if you would notice something like that more or less, I work in I.T. and move between remote sessions often so I am probably used to whatever delay is going on due to the latency between me and what I'm working on). One of my favorite things about it is the advancement they made with the fast-scroll wheel where it intelligently enables the fast scrolling mode when you scroll very fast, then disables it after it slows back down and you are back to the regular notched scrolling action. No more buttons required to press to enable/disable it. I will say that if you are used to using the thumb buttons to go forwards and backwards between web pages and such, I am not much of a fan of the forward/backward button placement and don't find myself using them really at all. Other than that it's comfortable, feels like good quality, and worth the price IMO.
  6. the overall dimentions seem to be standard SFX, but the strange thing is that the AC power connector seems to be on what would be considered the side of the PSU. The wider part of the PSU that, in the ebay picture, shows the sticker for it is usually what would be facing outward on the back of the case. Granted, the RVZ02 has an internal power extension that routes from the PSU AC power input to the actual rear of the case, but I would still be weary of it not working out quite right.
  7. Why is absolutely nobody talking about the stand-out feature of this card compared to all the others; the two 4-pin PWM fan headers? That's the main reason why I was interested in this card and was extremely disappointed when I saw this review because I was looking forward to someone diving into how the fan controls worked via the GPU (obviously controlled by GPU temps, but adjusting fan curves, etc.). Every single other card has most of the stuff this one does; RGB lights, easy overclocking/higher than advertised boost clocks out of the box, good/quiet cooler, but none of the other ones have such a neat thing like the ability to plug in your fans directly to the GPU to control airflow via GPU temps vs CPU/system temps. And yes, I know that things like Speedfan exist where you can manually create fan profiles that can do similar things, but I've been against using something like this because I would rather my fans be controlled at the BIOS/firmware level instead of the software level, which I was hoping for explanation as to how these fan connections are controlled.
  8. Got it installed on my S6 via the APK here in the US. The Incense is pretty OP as sitting here at work without moving outside the office, I've caught 3 Pidgy, 1 Zoobat and 1 Rattata within the 30 minutes it lasts. Looking forward to seeing how the actual moving around and exploring part works out when I get outta here.
  9. This guy gets it, here's mine And yes, technically GPU sag will happen in any direction, but the fact that gravity is working against the IO bracket instead of the PCI-Express connector is the main benefit.
  10. It's like any retail situation; it always depends on which location and who is working there. I used to work at Office Depot when they first started fixing computers and was so afraid of anyone else other than me and one other guy that worked there taking a computer in for service because they give you 0 training as far as doing anything with the computers that come in other than connecting them to a remote technician who is supposed to fix it for you. One guy brought in his PC for a $10 "power clean" which is basically dusting out your PC with canned air for you, and because I wasn't there one of the stockers that works in supplies was covering the tech area and did the service. Needless to say, the PC wouldn't turn on afterwards and the store ended up having to give the guy a brand new PC since we broke it (also wouldn't be surprised if they didn't turn the PC on before the cleaning to see if it worked to begin with). They had a guy that works there, me, that knows how to properly do this, but nobody can be there every hour the store opens and because of how retail places divy up hours, it's likely someone from another department will have to cover a section they're not familiar or comfortable with. It's just luck of the draw who is helping people at any given store at any given time. Another thing to keep in mind is that sometimes, even if you know your stuff it also depends on who you're talking to and your ability to explain things in a way they understand. It's not important that this old guy knows the difference between a web browser and a search engine when he gets his new PC home, it matters that he is able to use it for what he wants to do with it. I find myself referring to things in an incorrect way plenty of times simply to better relate to what the customer/client already knows and help them understand as much as they need to be able to do what they're trying to do. Doing the "um, actually... *push up glasses*" thing when someone is just trying to get something to work will leave a bad taste in their mouth and, while you fixed their issue, they won't be willing to come to you for anything else because you made them feel stupid or came off as arrogant. I'm not saying that the Geek Squad person knew what they were doing, I'm just saying don't judge a situation because you only heard part of the conversation. As far as the password reading-aloud situation, yeah if you could hear it from where you were they probably read it aloud way too loud, though I'm personally not of the mind that someone would be listening close by and plot to get access to this old guy's...what, family pictures and emails? Worst case scenario, the person overhearing the password follows this guy home to find out where he lives, breaks in overnight to log into his PC, and tries to get some sort of financial information from his PC. But who would do that to a guy they could also hear probably doesn't even know how to use the computer in the first place? Not saying it's impossible, just something that I'm not too up-in-arms about with the situation given. In an office setting where the domain administrator is read aloud for normal users to hear, that's a major issue, but not this situation imo.
  11. I initially started having doubts when I started looking into getting Server 2012 running on the Asrock X99E-ITX/ac motherboard as many people out there seemed to have a horrible time trying to get any network drivers to work. Looking at their page, it states it has the Intel I218-V and I211AT for its dual-gigabit setup. Theoretically, I should be able to get at least the 211 working as it's not specifically stated from Intel that it won't work with Server 2012 where they specifically call out the I218-V as not compatible. Also, I've looked into some of the server motherboards, and I haven't found anything specifically where they say they support anything outside the Xeon series (same 2011v3 socket but I know that doesn't mean it will work for sure). Seeing as how I'm not going to be using this as a workstation at all, I wouldn't be opposed to a server board if it will work with an i7 and non-ECC memory.
  12. I might pick up the Asus ones simply because they have 4 pin fan headers on them for case fans to be controlled by GPU temp directly.
  13. You may be right, actually. I saw this and saw the I218 on the not supported list, but if the LM works vs the V not working, then I may be in luck. "Note: The following devices do not have driver or software support for Windows Server 2012: - Intel® Ethernet Connection I217-V - Intel® Ethernet Connection I218-V - Intel® 82567LF Gigabit Ethernet Phy - Intel® 82567V Gigabit Ethernet Phy - Intel® 82577LC Gigabit Ethernet Phy - Intel® 82579V Gigabit Ethernet Phy" Time to do some more digging as to people actually trying it out just to make sure before I order anything. Thanks for pointing that out!
  14. Looks like the network adapter onboard is also incompatible with Server 2012. If it comes down to it I may end up having to use a pci-e network adapter for this thing to do what I want with it...would really like to not have to though.
  15. I assume you mean micro atx because EVGA doesn't offer an x99 itx board at all. As far as server support, how do you figure? I don't see Server 2012 as an available OS to download drivers for their x99 Micro 2 board.
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