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Locke434

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  1. I am already on a 1+0 intel 4xssd raid. So no extra purchase, but I could move them off the 1x pcie hardware raid card to mobo raid. Or get NVMe and mirror. Or stripe and backup constantly, with Acronos. What would be best? Also what is the Intel octane you speak of? AKV
  2. Hello again, today is the day I get to build, bitch, go to best but or micro center, build again, and go get a beer. I originally went Intel 2066, with a EVGA DARK. I returned that for a ASUS ROG ZENITH ($400 even a good price?) and went with a AMD TR4 1920X (again was $400 even a good price). I have a Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3600C18 and G.Skill F4-3200C16D-16GVGB ram. Corsair is $210, and G.Skill is 134. I did read I am willing to buy more RAM on BF, but this get the system up and runnning. Bar the idiotic LEDS, is it worth the difference for the $75, for 400hrz? I haven't posted the system with the RAM either, so bar none, it could come down to compatibility. Can anyone refer me to memory benchmark software, if both post, and I wanted to see the difference, or should I just use some in game bench marks and cinebench? I'm going to try to be diligence, and post my results,. Second, anyone want to throw their hat into the ring about the SSD RAID vs NVME? Onboard vs Hardware Raid. The card is Adaptec RAID 6805E Storage Controller, which is a pce 1x. The board has raid on it, AMD X399 chipset : 6 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), Support Raid 0, 1, 10 I am going to try to make sure to disable the appropriate things in bios before testing the system. The drive are Intel 540, x4, vs Samsung Evo 970. Any help would be awesome! Thanks in Advance, AKV
  3. I do use the USB-C port alot because it powers and does data interface with my Focusrite Scarlett. Crap USB either won't power, or if it's 10gig instead of the 40 gig, or whatever standard, it will producing like a data clipping with my audio interface gear. I do use alot of plug-ins, and windows, I max out my current ram, but I didn't know how size and speed compare. But if I load a project that takes like 12 gig, it would take 12 gig in my ram or newer ram? In pro-tools. I just figure if I get into a 2066 I7, for $350, in 2 years, I could get a I9 for cheap and move up without having to change much. Sincere thank you guys, which I could buy ya a virtual beer!. Cheers!
  4. I am trying to build a new rig, for school. I know the best idea, is to wait till black friday, but distance, to how slow my current rig is impacting my homework, it's almost not worth it, in the wait somewhat. Any help, thank you, early on. My original rigs from 2010-2012, on a ASUS 990 3.0 FX, with a AMD 8350 with a Corsair H110i V2, which support AM4 and 2066, no TR4. Strange Factors; My current rigs run a 4 x Intel SSD 540 480 gig x Adaptech Raid Card 6805E, to a PCI E 1x or 4x, don't remember, or can't tell. I use my USB-C to power my focus-rite music recording interface. Having 2 actual Thunderbolt port would be awesome, why isn't it common or I haven't seen one? I run 6 monitors, off 1 Double slot gaming card, and a Single slot 730 GT. I am Nvidia, and I have do not know of if workstation cards will play nice with gaming cards. Never had enough money to find out. I have other cards, I would like to use, like a E-MU 1x music card, or 1x PCI TV Cards I have, or a nice audio card, if my USB C is taken to my focusrite unit. I run everyl large piece of software. ADOBE, 4k. Autocad, Protools, Dragon Naturally Speaking all at once, at times. I have a case and power easily for anything. Thermal Take WP-200 and 1200 Platinum EVGA. I have to give the bottom slot, or 2 slots for the raid card, because of the 40mm x 40mm Fan, or have to find a water cooling solution. I am looking at 2066, because at the end of the chip-set, I could move from a $400 I7 to a I9 on sale, and keep the same rig. 2066 seems faster than investing in a AM4 socket board. Is quad ram worth it? Right off the bat? Should I get a dual, and another set black friday? Do 2 dual set operate as a quad set when 4 sticks present? What the best mhz? 32 or 64gig? I am looking at high end ASUS Board, or the EVGA dark,. I do not need Bluetooth on board (having a dongle on the desk insures newest standard and closest to phone, and whatever items) or WIFI, (I always plug in) So I am completely lost by, if you occupy this or that, than it shares this lane and that lane, etc. I was hoping someone else knew it at the tip of their tongue. So sometimes it limits it if you use the sata. I generally don't use the onboard sata, turn it off and use raid card with 4 ssd, raid 1+0, and 2 4tb mirror and 2 3tb mirror. So if I mitigate the array, I didn't know if dual NVME in mirror will be faster, and moving the array with some copy software. Why do I need the redundancy, I have limited install on certain music and other software, and I really can't lose my work. I always stayed with a 5 year warranty drive and raid 1 + 0. So I pray to the computer gods and Deep Thought! I have my towel and am ready to recieve the knowledge! (Hitch Hikers Fan) Thanks all, Ahead of time, AKV
  5. I have both, a 6405, and 6805e, Adaptech raid cards, and to be able to always fit these on a motherboard, I have to give up a socket, because of the fan attached, or additional 40mmx40mm fan. I have 10mm and 20mm, depth styles, but less depth less air movement. I am trying to water cool both, or one, at least in a loop. I figure, cooler, better performance, and less data error., and I could get a pci slot back. Thanks, AKV
  6. I am trying to build a new rig for school, I am finally running my current rig ragged. I am trying to figure out if using a raid card, with 4 intel ssd's faster and more secure than 2 nvme in a mirror raid. If what kinda of mother board has to do with it, I am still confused about newer socket boards, but since my cooler cannot be used on a TR4, and if I am moving into the DD4 ram era, a intel 2066 board, would allow me to upgrade to a I9 at the end of the life expectancy under the same cooler. Keeping the same board and rig, unlike a AM4 and TR4. I was looking at either a high end asus, or evga board, but I don't know much about the NVME socket. Thank you, AKV
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