Cansadoyguay

I have 4x hdds (2x matched pairs) that I want to put in Raid. Two for Os, two for storage I'm looking to buy a pci raid card because IMPORTANT: my motherboard doesn't support Raid 0, it is a B75 lga 1155. My issue is that reading reviews these raid cards dont appear to be plug and play - Fine for my back up hard drives but I want I want to run my OS off of them. As I'm typing this I think I've realised the solution, unless someone can recommend an alternative: Am I going to have to do a windows 10 install on Single hdd, install raid drivers and set up a Raid 0 with 2x hdds, clone windows onto that Raid 0 then wipe the old single OS hdd and then set the 2nd pair of hdds up for final Raid?? Thanks for looking

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Try no gpu just go through mobo hdmi output

The i7 2700k was first avenue into 8 threads and that still serves. I see i9 9900k as the new i7 2700k with its 16 threads. Edit: best plan of action seems get i5 9th gen and Z390 mobo then sell i5 and get i9 when price comes down. Get 4/5+ years out of the i9 (maybe 2nd hand), upgrade gpu as and when. Ddr3 to ddr4 was nothing so not fussed waiting for ddr5. Thanks for comments, understandably no one is interested in doing nvlink benchmarks for moi so case closed!

Ah but those chips kept the same 4 core/8 thread count. To get 16 cores/threads atm (what I deem to be 5th gen) one would need to purchase the i9 9900k. Agreed 80% is exaggeration on my part.

My friend ages ago bought a 2500k when it was the don daddy of chips (and still is a bit) with a heck of bottleneck it can still scrape modern games if you throw a high end gpu in there: That was four cores. It is now clearly time for him to upgrade If he wants to play AAA. One actual generation leap ahead (ps3 - ps4) and my i7 2700k (4 cores/8 threads) is still able to take on new AAA titles granted still bottlenecked but it does it really well (and still haven't overclocked). Atm i5 9600k and i9 9900k are inseperable for gaming as always the case with i5 on release. This is understandable as the six good cores in the i5 are same as six cores in jaguar platforms (apu or not). Look at Blade Shadow as well - similar specs as a console 8 Xeon cores 12gb ram. i5 was and is the way to get into current high end gaming and, back when i7 had hyperthreading, i7 was the way of staying adequately futureproofed from gaming perspective. This all comes down to an assumption. To me sli or nvlink/crossfire are a way of emulating newer graphics cards that haven't been released yet (may be especially true way Navi is looking). Can someone please do a test between i5 9600k and i9 9900k comparing their performance on single cards versus sli/nvlink/crossfire. Hopefully this will put more contrast between the i5 9600k and the i9 9900k. Because at £500 the i9 is arguably not worth buying if i5s keep coming out at half that price. But I am so so impressed at how the hyperthreaded i7 2700k is doing 6/7 years later and still not having to replace my mobo/ram is a treat. From futureproof gaming perspective I would love to see some arguments pro the i9 9900k. The way I see it 5th gen (just around the corner) is going to look something like 16 cores/threads 32 gb ram and 16/20gb gpu (+higher clocks). - That ram and cpu are currently accessible. Looking at the new 4k hdr 144hz monitors however GPUs clearly still have a long way to go. Sorry for the paragraphs but thanks for looking. My theory is that cpu is a better £500 investment than £1000 gpu. Watch rtx 2080 ti depreciate by 50% whilst 9900k holds 80% of its value. Cheers Cansadoyguay

As a temporary measure I was using the wifi to usb tethering before I bought my 300 tplink wifi card (no bluetooth). I was actually getting better internet from the phone! The Ds4 and micrsoft wireless adapters are £££ so just for now I'm interested to see if the phone can do a playable connection. Will update. Thank you for the link!

It is possible to connect an android device via usb cable to a pc and share it's internet (wifi or mobile data) thus acting as a wifi dongle for the pc. It is also possible to connect a bluetooth controller (DS4 or new Xbox One) to an android for gaming. Is it possible however to share this connected controller to the pc via the usb cable, turning the android into a bluetooth dongle and allowing me to use the bluetooth controller on my pc? Many thanks