Evil-Erthanu

Is it possible to run Firestrike on 7 way crossfire? The score would break records I bet.

Don't think so but I think it will be possible with Direct X 12 async compute, meaning this same rig will probably be able to play like a wall of 4k monitors.

Is it possible to run Firestrike on 7 way crossfire? The score would break records I bet.

Is it possible to run Firestrike on 7 way crossfire? The score would break records I bet.

Did you check the windows event viewer? that's usually a good place to start.

I have to commend your thorough troubleshooting efforts. If it's a software thing, go for a poke around in the windows event viewer and you might be able to find out what's happening just before shutoff. (Wendell from Tek Syndicate has a great video about that here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAbuZ_LQJCo).
 
Most people don't have spare power supplies laying around, but that seems like something to test next. Also check that all of your power cables are seated properly and aren't lose.
 
Good Luck

I'd like to see a video on ECC ram and how it works.

Hey CalebTheEternal,   Here are my two cents on this: RAID0 gives you very a good speed boost but with every drive in the array you increase the chance of failure and data loss. RAID0 offers zero redundancy and if either of the drives in it fails, drops out or goes out of synchronization you would lose all data on the whole array. RAID0 offers great speed boost but actually increases the cold booting time (the RAID needs to be initialized first) and involves a larger chance of data loss, due to its nature. Using HDDs in RAID makes more sense than using SSDs. Here's an example: games rely on storage only for their loading times and FPS and graphics will not be affected at all. Here's an example of the speed boost when using SSDs and HDDs: The jump in load times from HDD to SSD is like 10s to 1s. RAID 0 effectively (theoretically) halves the load time. So if you were to RAID 0 mechanical drives, it's 10s to 5s. You derive 5s of benefit. If you were to RAID 0 SSDs instead, its like 1s to 0.5s. You derive 0.5s of benefit.   RAID10 on the other hand also gives pretty good speed boost but also offers a great level of redundancy. Using 4 drives in RAID10 enables you to still have your data safe even if you lose two drives. The downside of this would be that the RAID would use half of your capacity on the array for the redundancy and you won't be able to use it.    Creating a RAID array wipes and formats all drives in the RAID. It is recommended that you use similar drives with same firmware, speeds and capacity to bring to minimum any chances of data loss.   Captain_WD.

Hey Evil-Erthanu,   My vote would be for one larger SSD since I believe SSDs are already fast enough for consumer usage.    RAID0 offers zero redundancy and if either of the drives in it fails, drops out or goes out of synchronization you would lose all data on the whole array. RAID0 gives you great speed boost but actually increases the cold booting time (the RAID needs to be initialized first) and involves a larger chance of data loss, due to its nature. Using HDDs in RAID makes more sense than using SSDs. Here's an example: games rely on storage only for their loading times and FPS and graphics will not be affected at all. Here's an example of the speed boost when using SSDs and HDDs: The jump in load times from HDD to SSD is like 10s to 1s. RAID 0 effectively (theoretically) halves the load time. So if you were to RAID 0 mechanical drives, it's 10s to 5s. You derive 5s of benefit. If you were to RAID 0 SSDs instead, its like 1s to 0.5s. You derive 0.5s of benefit.   You can always perform "writing zeros" to completely wipe the drive's data, but a simple secure erase or format should do the trick.   Captain_WD.

Drives fail for reasons other than writing to them. Outcome is the same, you replace the faulty drive.
 
Alternatively you could break the array and use the remaining drive(s) to recover or re-install if you have enough space for what you need to run your system on. However you can not do that if you are only using a single drive and it fails, replacement is the only option.

1 large ssd is safe... boring and just like everyone else. 2 ssds in raid is 1000MB/s, baller, and something your friends will envy. You decide.
 
Data redundancy... we have steam now (scoff), shit can be re installed. Performance is king. You want redundancy build a nas.

There are plenty of reasons why people might need more than 8gb of RAM on a laptop, e.g. if you're a tab fiend while also wanting to do some light video editing or pretty much any other memory intensive task which this notebook would be perfectly capable of doing. Simply not having it as an option is plain silly these days.

If your only reason for upgrading is gaming, then don't, and if it's your main machine, double don't. As someone who used the windows 8 beta on their main machine, it's really not worth it.

As much as I have no issues with LTT's use of vessel, and I have signed up. The site seems way half baked compared to youtube and i'm just going to keep watching via the traditional youtube uploads. That said, I'm sure vessel will improve a lot over the next year, and once the free year is over, I will gladly subscribe if it means supporting LTT a bit more than just watching ads.

As much as I have no issues with LTT's use of vessel, and I have signed up. The site seems way half baked compared to youtube and i'm just going to keep watching via the traditional youtube uploads. That said, I'm sure vessel will improve a lot over the next year, and once the free year is over, I will gladly subscribe if it means supporting LTT a bit more than just watching ads.

I plugged a 4 pin floppy connector into a CD aux connector on a sound card when I was quite young. The blue smoke that made the sound card work escaped.

American football, is like rugby, but less manly, and with more ads, and longer

I ended up ordering the Ducky, only because of the back-lighting really. Is the Ducky Shine 4 quite new? Because I wasn't able to find very many proper reviews, but I couldn't find ANY Shine 3's in stock at any domestic retailers at all. I was really tempted to get the Das, especially after watching Barnacules' review of it, but I guess i really am a sucker for pretty lights

Malwarebytes - Active scan, remove all threats then uninstall
MSE - passive scanning
 
or whatever - thats just what I use