Vyndorialan

I've had a pair of Status CB1s for about three years now and aside from an issue with the included coiled cable I've been perfectly happy with them until recently when the earcups started deteriorating. They're pretty much always just hooked up to my PC. I don't take them anywhere and just use them for gaming and watching videos on the side while working and for that they've been perfect. The reason I want to switch is that I've been less than satisfied with Status Audio's customer care. As I previously mentioned, I had an issue with the included coiled cable that came with the headphones. I contacted customer support and they had no replacements that I could purchase and the same appears to be true about their earcups. What I'm looking for in a replacement is a pair of wired over-ear headphones that would be comfortable for large ears over the course of several-hour long sessions. My computer is in a secluded area so I don't need ANC or any features like that. Preferably, they would come from a company that offers replacement cables and earcups, but I would also be okay with a pair that is durable enough for that to not be a factor anyway. My budget is $100 - $150 but I'd be willing to go all the way up to $200 if they're worth it.

Sorry, I should've included that in my original post. I edit with Premier Pro and encode with Adobe Media Encoder

Just a quick preface: my computer crashes to a black screen, no BSOD. Even so I made sure there weren't any dumps I could upload so I checked C:/Windows/minidumps and nothing was there. I did, however get a perfmon report for good measure and have attached it. Also, my computer was overclocked for the first crash, but every subsequent crash, it was not overclocked. Background: I'm a freelancer that works for a lawyer in town and as part of my job I have to do some light video editing. It's as simple as cutting up some excess footage and synchronizing audio with the video. Recently, I decided it was time to dust out my PC (self-built) and re-apply thermal compound. I then re-assembled my computer and a couple weeks later had a video to edit. I get the video cut up just fine (I use Adobe Premiere Pro) but when I go to render it in HEVC my entire computer crashes to a black screen, no BSOD or anything. It sounds as if the PC is still running, but there is nothing being displayed and all of my peripherals are powered off. The Troubleshooting Process: After my computer crashed using HEVC I attempted to render with H.264 and just had Adobe Media Encoder crash, not my entire system. After that, I tried with just a standard MPEG2 render, which finally finished the job. First, I attempted to render to DNx and then to ProRes 422. Both were successful over repeated test renders. I tried to monitor both CPU and GPU temps while the render was occurring, but everything would crash before I could get any useful readings and when rendering to codecs that were successful, nothing seemed out of place. My CPU never ran over 65 C and my GPU never ran over 40 C. I then checked the Windows Reliability History and saw that a .dll file from a program I downloaded for a different project kept crashing right around the times of my renders, so I did everything I could to get rid of it, which took as a complete hard drive wipe to finally rid it from my system, only for the crashes to continue. I then performed a memory check, with no errors found and finally resorted to taking individual sticks of RAM out and seeing if something was wrong with them. The first time, I was finally able to fully render an HEVC video. Then, I switched the RAM stick but used the same slot, which resulted in a crash, which I thought confirmed my theory but I wanted to perform further tests. I inserted both sticks into the B channel slots, which resulted in a crash, as I expected. Then I put what I thought was the working stick in to the slot where I previously had what I thought was the not-working stick just to make sure it wasn't a problem with the RAM slot. This resulted in a crash, which made me worried that in addition to a RAM replacement, I'd also have to replace my motherboard, which would put a bind on me financially. However, I put what I thought was the working stick back in what I thought was the working slot (the slot that worked when I removed the first RAM stick and got my first successful HEVC render) and that again, resulted in a crash after my test render. Thinking I must have mixed up my RAM, I switched the sticks out in the same slot and performed another test render. This again resulted in a crash. Conclusion: I cannot for the life of me figure out what is causing the crashes. My computer is able to perform perfectly fine under seemingly every circumstance except for rendering specifically to HEVC codecs or H.264 codecs. Both of which I need for my job, as I don't have the storage space to keep more than a couple DNx renders or ProRes renders. PC Specs: Operating System: Windows 10 CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1800x CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i (not sure if that matters) Mobo: Asus ROG Crosshair VI Hero GPU: Nvidia 1070 RAM: 2x 8GB sticks of Corsair Vengance LPX DDR4 3000Hz PSU: 1000W Coolmax 80 plus bronze certified (I know it's overkill for what I have, but I got a really good deal on it several years back) Perfmon Report.html

I should probably clarify, when I mean "law firm" I mean two lawyers (one of which is so old he doesn't even use a computer) a paralegal, and an accountant. IMHO it isn't something that needs a full-fledged IT firm as of yet. If I get overwhelmed though, I'll be sure to keep that in mind though.

I would, but the lawyer in charge of the firm has had bad previous experiences with IT firms ripping him off, so he's much more receptive to having me take care of most issues that arise and I like troubleshooting anyway, so it works out.

Somehow in my Googling, I missed that Synology server. That should be a much better solution than what I was going to do. I have a strategy for documents and backup. For backup, I'm going to (try to) get the law firm to contract with a local IT firm to provide an offsite backup solution.

I would do a full business-class solution here, but we won't be putting much more than a bunch of documents and other miscellaneous items in there and using it as a central place for our printer to spit out its scans so I don't think we necessarily need a full business-class solution to it. How many drives would I need to do RAID 5?

I'm doing some tech support work for a law firm and they desperately need a new NAS server. While I've never built one before, I have built several PCs and I figured it wouldn't be much more than a mid-ranged PC build with some Seagate IronWolf hard drives and a RAID controller. However, I'm not entirely sure which RAID controller I'd like to buy, I plan on using RAID 5 for the build and I don't know if only certain RAID controllers support RAID 5 and if so, which ones I should buy. My second question would be the operating system I put on it. I think that FreeNAS should get the job done just fine, but I would like the option of adding additional drives without having to wipe the NAS that Unraid gives you. Here is my current part list, if you see anything I should change outside of my two questions, feel free to critique it. RAM - Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3000MHz C15 Desktop Memory Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B3000C15) PSU - EVGA 750 GQ, 80+ Gold 750W, Semi Modular, ECO Mode, 5 Year Warranty, Power Supply 210-GQ-0750-V1 Motherboard - MSI Gaming AMD Ryzen B350 DDR4 VR Ready HDMI USB 3 CFX ATX Motherboard (B350 TOMAHAWK) Processor - AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler - YD2600BBAFBOX RAID Controller (?) - IO Crest 4 Port SATA III PCI-e 2.0 x1 Controller Card Marvell Non-Raid with Low Profile Bracket SI-PEX40064 Hard Drives (2x) - Seagate IronWolf NAS 5900RPM Internal SATA Hard Drive 4TB 6Gb/s 3.5-Inch (ST4000VN008)