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  1. kaikupen
    Thanks!
  2. kaikupen
    I have a question. I recently purchased a Gigabyte gaming 7 AM4 motherboard along with an EZDIY-FAB dual m.2 expansion card. My drives are a 500gb Crucial MX500 sata m.2 drive for animation files and a 250gb Samsung 970 Evo NVMe drive for OS and work programs (I got an additional 250gb 2.5 ssd for large games and a firecuda for general storage as well) Now the upper m.2 slot on the gigabyte board is pcie 3.0 (the 970 Evo goes here) while the lower slot is pcie 2.0. Both slots on the FAB card are 3.0. Now if I place the MX500 on the lower slot will I get full speed of the ssd? Or should I place it in the EZDIY card, and slot that into the 8x slot on the motherboard? Also will placing the EZDIY card in one of the 4x pcie 2.0 slots slow down an nvme drive? These may seem like dumb questions but I can't find any answers for them anywhere.
  3. kaikupen
    Ordered the Gigabyte gaming 7, The issue with the pcie lanes listed above disqualified the ASUS board for me. and the msi does not have as many features as the gaming 7
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    just read that the lower m.2 slot on the gaming 7 is only pcie 2.0, which sucks because I wanted to place another NVME drive there later, however I then went to compare with the ROG crosshair hero and though both slots run at 3.0 speeds, the upper slot with the heatsink will reduce the top 16x slot below it to 8x From The tweaktown review "The one without the heat sink is routed to the CPU and doesn't interfere with anything. However, the top M.2 slot with the heat sink will reduce the two top slots to x8/x4 mode if it is in use with a PCI-E x4 M.2 drive. So you should use the bottom M.2 slot first. Otherwise, you won't be able to run your PCI-E slot at x16."Read more: https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/8612/asus-crosshair-vii-hero-amd-x470-motherboard-review/index2.html
  5. kaikupen
    Sweet thanks! You're probably right on keeping the final settings locked in the BOIS, less chance of them getting messed up from a windows update or something along those lines.
  6. kaikupen
    If you could test just to see how well the current software iteration works that would be helpful ?. Whether it works or not, I will probably still have to do more BIOS tweaking in the closed paneled enthoo evolv x, I optimized the noctua fans in my current mesh paneled air 240 with ONE click in the AI suite during a benchmark and now runs almost silent at idle. The entho might need a higher rpm on the front NF-A12's to get similar temps XD.
  7. kaikupen
    Hmmm... I read up on people having issues with the fan control software for gigabyte boards, but I also read that people have issues with the current asus AI suite as well (I currently use AI suite 3 on an old matx gryphon from 2015 and it works perfectly lol) If the software is still buggy. it will be annoying going between the BIOS and benchmarking in windows to get the fan curves right.
  8. kaikupen
    Ah yeah the dual bios is a huge plus, the included temperature sensor cables too. I'm sure the fan control software is similar to the Asus suite (which is all that concerns me aside from RGB, though the asus board seems to have a better audio solution, but I already use an external dac. The asus board is 40 CAD more than the gigabyte on amazon. So if I find the gigabyte wanting I can always put up with it and get a next gen asus board, (hopefully they don't skimp out on the vrm next time around)
  9. kaikupen
    How is the driver support? the number one issue I have read with gigabyte boards aside the usual DOA's, are the drivers and finicky RGB software.
  10. kaikupen
    I'm putting together a new build at the end of the month. I have decided on going AMD this time around due to compatibility with the upcoming ryzen 3 chips. I have every part but the 2700x and motherboard itself. and for the life of me I can't decide between ASUS, MSI, OR Gigabyte's top tier boards. I have done extensive reading in reviews for all of them but most store reviews are from angry people who got DOA issues or others who have had them running for less than a day. and expert reviewer sites don't go deep enough into the software and how responsive/reliable it is, THE 3 OPTIONS: https://ca.msi.com/Motherboard/X470-GAMING-M7-AC https://www.aorus.com/product-detail.php?p=777&t=53&t2=57&t3=118 https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/ROG-CROSSHAIR-VII-HERO/ My personal criteria is: Hardware/software reliability and quality of the software/BIOS As for looks I'm fine with all of them though the gigabyte one does look a little over the top XD RGB implementation and software, as I got the phanteks enthoo evolv x as well as other rgb compatible internal hardware. The fan control suite is a MAJOR FACTOR as getting a good noise/performance ratio is gonna be key as I'm going ALL NOCTUA in this build I will be overclocking the cpu, memory, and gpu, but I'm not looking to break records here Price is no real concern as all of them run around 300 CAD
  11. kaikupen
    Having this EXACT same dilemma with about a 50 CAD difference between the two for me, with a similar use case (adobe suite, video editing, rendering in toon boom harmony, gaming ect.) From benchmarks I have seen the 9700k wins out over the 8700k but not by much, I have also read about complaints of the new i9 and i7's running hotter due to a thicker cpu die and increased power draw. But I have only seen "talk" and NO in depth benchmarks on the issue. so take from that what you will. Also what cooler are you going to be using? My next machine will be using a Dark Rock 4 (got it on sale)
  12. kaikupen
    A descent suggestion, it has an optical drive bay so i can ad a usbc drive like this one https://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=695&area=en,
  13. kaikupen
    I like genuinely like it. I just wish it had front panel usb type-c, sadly not many lower end cases have that standard yet.
  14. kaikupen
    Im making a new rig at the end of the year and I have pretty much locked every part in aside from the case, Build: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/G9hfRJ I can't decide between the 500D 170CAD :https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Cases/Obsidian-Series®-500D-Premium-Mid-Tower-Case/p/CC-9011116-WW OR the New Entho Evolv X 270CAD: http://www.phanteks.com/Enthoo-Evolv-X.html
  15. kaikupen
    At the end of the year I will be graduating and I plan on doing a full system upgrade of my workstation (I game on it of course but I built it to be reliable above all else) let's set my budget at under 2000 CAD so go crazy. I'm canadian so my markets are Newegg.ca, Amazon.ca and Memory express [The parts highlighted in green I plan on reusing] [Parts highlighted in blue I'm willing to replace with something more modern] My current specs are... CPU: i7 4790s COOLER: Noctua nh-d9l MOBO: gryphon z97 with armor kit RAM: 16GB 1866 STORAGE: intel 730 240gb, 2TB seagate hybrid drive GPU: MSI 770 OC 4GB CASE: Corsair air 240 PSU: XFX XTR 750 Fans: 4 noctua NFs-12a PWM, 2 NF-A8 PWM MONITOR: asus PB238Q 23.0" 1920X1080 The things I need my next rig to have.. Reliability Air Cooled USBc with video out for next gen WACOM tablets 6 channel audio (optical audio out for my DAC) MOBO needs to be MATX capable of driving two monitors that are 1080p and above Capable of running adobe suites and editing programs like Premiere Pro and such M.2 slots for easy ssd expansion CPU and GPU performance is important but I don't need the bleeding edge, anything is better than what I have currently lol I have tinkered around with builds in PC parts picker but Im kinda rusty with the current tech scene. So I'm thinking that you guys have more knowledge of what will be optimal. Looking forward to your feedback!
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