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Anyone who could help me out here?

I have been offered two used Toshiba MG07ACA14TE 128MB 14TB hard drives for $520 (each with 2000 hrs and 7 start ups, good deal?). My plan is to use one in my unraid server and place the other in a different city across the country and mirror/ backup my unraid server to it. I assume this is doable. My first question is how would i set this up? My second question is how do i connect the backup HDD to the internet/ a router? I assume i have to buy some external case for it, what would that be?

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I'm considering buying one of the four routers in the image, all from Asus. Which one is best for the price? Thje prices are in SEK, but you can see the relative difference. To me the Asus TUF Gaming AX5400 seems to be the best deal. It's almost as cheap as the AX56U and was released this year as opposed to 2019. Reading the product pages of all four i can´t quite understand which is the best though. So is it the AX5400 and should i go for it? How does it compare to the other three, especially the AX68U?

I have a 1 TB 970 Evo plus in my system but i have realised that i will need a lot more storage so i´m planning on buying a 4 TB Harddrive for it. I need it for mass storage of pictures and movies so the disk won´t be written to too often. Now the question is which one. It´s either going to be one from Seagate or WD. My options can be seen in the image. I´m leaning towards the ST4000VN008 but is there a good reason to go with any of the others? What difference does the cache make (64MB vs 128MB vs 256MB)? Anyone who has personal experiences with one of the drives?

Ok, so long as the temps always stay at least slightly lower than without the heatsink i´ll definitely use it. And i agree, it does look better with it and should also provide some extra protection. Still, if anyone reading this thread knows of a test or video where the difference is shown, please link it. Anyway, thanks for the advice!

My pc isn´t built yet but once all the parts are here i have a question about whether or not i should use the heatshild on the upper m.2 port. The motherboard is a MSI B550 Tomahawk and i plan on only using one drive, a Samsung 970 Evo Plus. I have read a lot of threads on this subject but it seems all of them are from 2017 when the first versions of this heatsink, then called "heatshield", in some cases increased the temperatures. The design looks much more functional now so is it safe to assume they´ve fixed the heatsink? A video where it´s tested would be greatly appreciated! https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/MAG-B550-TOMAHAWK/Gallery#lg=1&slide=1

Ok, two it is. Thanks fellas!

I have another probably silly question. I have a Corsair RMX 850 V2 (2018) and recently bought an Asus RTX 2070 Super Rog Strix OC Gaming. The gpu has 2 8 pin connectors so i wonder if it is worth it to use two separate 6+2 pin pcie cables instead of one cable with two 6+2 pin pcie connectors. I don´t mind the extra cable and mess if the results in the video are correct. This jaystwocents video shows two cables is (slightly) better than one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL7KIVI_hJg&t=1s Now i know that this is a quality power supply but if that´s the difference two cables can make i wan´t to do it. Are there any downsides to doing this though? And the second question. Is my power supply multi rail or single rail? Can it be changed in software? I don´t know what it means exactly or how to find out from the box or the manual whether it is single or multi rail. The reason i´m asking is because IIRC a multi rail power supply can use one rail for each pcie cable and thus make it even safer/ stable or something like that. All help is greatly appreciated

Yes i am. But to keep it short then: should i just follow the two options that i wrote in the end? I.e if 1 doesn´t work i gor for 2. I only want to install them once and then not mess around with them anymore.

Looks like the maximum height for the ram is 32mm : https://noctua.at/en/how-big-is-the-nh-d15-and-how-much-clearance-does-it-provide-for-ram-and-chipset-coolers The ram seems to be 34mm high: https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/corsair-vengeance-lpx-height.2868744/ So a 2mm difference. That would mean i have to move the fan 2 mm up from the motherboard on the front of the D15 if i want to use the 140. I´ve also bought the gpu now and decided on the case. I went with the Define 7 Compact and Asus GeForce RTX 2070 Super ROG Strix Gaming OC. The max cpu cooler height of the case with fans installed is 169mm and the height of the D15 with fans is 165mm. That means if i move the fan 2mm up there is 2 mm clearance to the side panel of the case. That should be fine but what worries me is that i bought the version of the define 7 compact that has the solid side panel with sound dampening material. And i would assume it´s at least 2mm thick. So with all of this in mind. How should i configure the fans? To make things clear again: 1: If the front 140 fits on the cooler i assume that would give the best cooling performance? Then it would be 1x120 at the rear, 2x140 in the D15 and 1x120 and 1x140 at the front of the case. That would also leave the question of which one of the two to install on the bottom? I have read that (IIRC) the much newer 120 has better static pressure which works better when installed just behind a closed front. So maybe that one at the bottom and the 140 at the top which IIRC has better airflow? (because the gpu probably needs more cooling than the cpu with D15) 2: If the front 140 doesn´t fit on the cooler: 1x120 at the rear, 1x140 in the middle of the D15 and 1x120 at the front of it, 2x140 at the front of the case. Do i even have any other option here anyway?

Also, is there a way for me to check if it´s possible to move the fan to clear the ram beforehand?

I assume on november 5th. But you should wait nonetheless, zen 2 prices may go down once zen 3 is released.

I would suggest waiting for the performance reviews of the new Zen 3 processors. Once they are out you can make a decision on which one is best for you. Assuming the nvme ssd is for your os and programs, perhaps 256 GB would be enough? Then you could get a larger sata ssd for storage. I would also recommencd the Corsair RMX 850 V2 instead of the psu you have in the list. To the person who mentioned the ram, for video editing at this budget 32 GB of RAM is the minimum.

Could you tell me why you would buy it over the Define 7 Compact?