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Oh okay. Thanks for the reply mxk. Appreciate it.

Hey guys, I'd just like to start this post off by saying I am not trying to troll anyone and this is purely for my knowledge so I apologize if it sounds ludicrous. I'm sure many of you must be familiar with the Corsair Obsidian 1000D; this chassis is regarded by many as the epitome of liquid cooling system cases. Another thing that can't be denied is how good it looks. Anyway, here's the crux of my question. What if, theoretically, I opted to fill up all the fan slots and AIR cool the case entirely apart from fixing an AiO liquid cooler for the CPU? Would that technically work or would there be air flow, and subsequently, overheating issues because of the sheer volume of the interior of the case? For the sake of visualization, let's just say the case contains 2 Intel based systems. An E-ATX motherboard with an Intel Core i9 9980XE and a Titan RTX and a mini ITX board with an Intel Core i9 9900K with a RTX 2080 Ti. All I'd like to know is, can this case be air cooled just as effectively with all fan slots filled with Corsair ML120 PRO fans and 2 AiO liquid coolers for the 2 processors? I'd really appreciate a clarification on this. Thank you

Oh okay. Thank you so much for the clarification. I would never combine 2 different memory kits. That just doesn't make any logical sense. This question was really bugging me though. Thank you very much.

I am a little confused about combining RAM kits so I was hoping I could get this clarified once and for all. I'm building a Threadripper rig and this system is going to be used for a lot of video editing. Going to be using Adobe Premiere Pro. Ideally, I'd like to get 64GB of RAM in this system and I was looking at GSkill's Trident Z RGB RAM for AMD. There is only one model for a 64GB kit that comes in 4x16GB sticks for AMD and it runs at 2400Mhz Unfortunately, if I want to get a higher speed of RAM i.e. 3200Mhz, the kit comes in a capacity of 32GB with 2x16GB sticks. My question is, can I combine 2 identical ram kits with the same speed, same tested latency, and essentially identical in every aspect or will this cause any issues with the system build? Hope I can get some help on this. Thanks guys.

Hey guys, Sorry for the silly question but I was hoping to get a clarification on this matter because I genuinely am not too sure. Will simply connecting a, USB C-Thunderbolt 3 to DP 1.4 cable, between a Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 and a 4K monitor, like the ASUS ROG PG27UQ work or will there be any compatibility issues? If not, are there alternative solutions I could look at to output the contents of my tablet's screen to a larger display? Really appreciate any help you guys can give me. Thank you.

But if it does have one built in, I won't need a separate card, I'm assuming? So the data I want to transfer to my NAS will be transferred via the Cat6/Cat7 cable, correct? After configuring the IP's of both the NAS and the desktop?

Hey guys, I had a question regarding connecting a desktop to a small NAS server. Let's take the following case to help illustrate the scenario in my mind:- NAS Server Specs Synology DiskStation 1517+ Synology 10Gbe Ethernet Adapter E10G18-T2 (with 2x 10Gbe RJ45 ports) Western Digital Red Pro (10TB) (x5) Now, let's take into consideration, that the PC the NAS is connected to, has a mobo with a built in 10Gbe ethernet port. The NAS and desktop are connected via a CAT7 ethernet cable. My question is, does this connection have to be routed through a switch or router or can I connect the NAS and desktop directly via the CAT7 cable? And, is there an additional data cable I need to connect between the desktop and NAS to transfer data or is this already done by the CAT7 cable? Sorry, I'm just a little confused and would appreciate a little clarity on this.

Well, this is purely theoretical of course. The Barracuda Pro would be used for back up storage and act as a transfer platform to an external NAS server. Oh really? No considerable increase in performance with Optane huh? Well, I guess speed primarily matters when it comes to loading the O.S. The 860 Pro would be utilized for installing programs but you're right, the Evo would be just fine. This is for my knowledge. I appreciate the response though, Thank you.

Hey guys, I'd like to apologize in advance since some of you may have seen or answered this question a lot but I was hoping to get a clarification on PCI Express lanes. Now, from my understanding, the PCIe lanes originate from the processor as well as the chipset. The lanes on a microprocessor are almost exclusively dedicated to graphics depending on the processor model and corresponding number of lanes while PCIe lanes on a chipset are dedicated to other components like m.2 SSDs. Let's look at a scenario with the sample system in mind:- Intel Core i9-9900K Processor Gigabyte Z390 AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE Motherboard Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX™ 2080 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 11G Graphics Card ASUS STRIX RAID DLX Sound Card GSkill Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200Mhz RAM (64GB) Intel® Optane™ Memory Series M.2 80MM (32GB) Corsair Force Series™ MP510 M.2 SSD (1,920GB) Samsung SSD 860 PRO (4TB) Seagate BarraCuda Pro Class HDD (14TB) In this configuration, the Optane memory stick is there to accelerate the speed of the BarraCuda Pro and from what I understand, Intel has recently enabled functionality on Optane for supplementary HDDs and is not exclusive to Primary OS drives like it used to be. The Corsair MP510 is the O.S. drive obviously Now, my questions are 1) Where would the ASUS sound card and Intel Optane memory utilize PCIe lanes from? Would this be from the Processor or Chipset? 2) And is my understanding that the Corsair MP510 would use PCIe lanes from the Z390 chipset, correct? 3) If any of the other components utilize CPU PCIe lanes, will this bump PCIe x16 functionality down to x8 for the graphics card? If so, will this considerably reduce graphics performance? I'd like to clarify that this is purely for my understanding and I'd really appreciate any help. Thank you.

Well, it's a dream PC build. From a practical standpoint, you're right but...I really want that processor lol.

Hi Brob. Thanks for the response.=) Is the Thunderbolt EX 3 compatible with the Rampage VI Extreme? It didn't list that model in specs which is why I'm asking and yeah, I did have my eye on this mobo. I'd really like a Thunderbolt 3 port in my system. If Gigabyte hadn't made the Alpine Ridge AiC proprietary with their boards, I would have opted for that. Hmm, I haven't actually heard of Seasonic PSUs to be honest. The ones I'm mainly aware off are PSUs from EVGA, Cooler Master and Corsair mainly. I guess size of the PSU isn't a big deal. I just want to ensure my rig gets adequate power and the PSU is a reliable and high quality product.

Hey Damascus. Thanks for the response. Is Corsair really that poor on quality? That's surprising. Appreciate the info though. Was just looking at some CaseLabs cases and DAMN lol. They got some pretty epic looking ones. I'll take a little more time to look into these but Corsair seems to have a generally good opinion about their cases. I suppose I should do more research. I never considered delidding but from what I understand, wouldn't that be more beneficial if the CPU was being consistently overclocked? Right, from the reviews I've read, it seems the like 7980XE is still ahead of the 1950X in quite a few areas and I did prefer the Titan V anyway. Appreciate your feedback. Thank you.

Wow, okay. Thanks Konrad. That really helps man. I tried looking online for the 1000D but it seems to only be available on some European based e-commerce sites. Can't find it on Newegg =/ And Corsair's website doesn't even officially list it...the heck.

Oh. Well, that's something I didn't consider. What if I played it safe and let's say I got a 1000W PSU? Good point on the space saving as well. Would there be any issues on power delivery or perhaps electrically overloading the components of the system if the wattage is way over than what you need? Again, my apologies if my question sounds dumb.

Granted, I'm a new user here. It doesn't mean I'm alien to computer builds or don't have the budget for it. I'm being very serious but I understand how the misunderstanding could have happened. Wait, why would any processor be delidded to get better cooling? That's not something I've ever done in past builds nor have I seen or heard anyone do it. I wouldn't dare delid a Core i9 extreme to get effective cooling. Isn't there a risk that the die would get exposed to contamination or dust? Is there a downside? Frankly, I could easily convert that rig to a Threadripper system although if I did, I might consider changing the graphics card to the XFX RX Vega 64 liquid cooled....just to keep an AMD theme...I'm weird that way...sorry. I'd probably go for the new Corsair H150i to cool Threadripper. Again, I'm still in the planning stages.