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Very nice of Zotac! It's really nice to see the advancement in performance from the 700 series to the 900 series & Zotac seem to have done a nice job taking advantage of that performance. It's interesting that they went with the 3 slot design as well as the extra height - limits the cases a little.

Congratulations on the 1million subs (and other achievements) No idea how I originally found the LinusTechTips part of NCIX, but glad I did.

Nice little mod, I did something similar for my firewall, switch, UPS, etc... (excuse the crappy photo, old imageshack account) https://imageshack.com/i/ipxiZ1V1j

So, I paused WASD 005 to get a drink...

Linus looks great with blonde hair...

Hummm... this plus a 24" in portrait mode for dual CAD monitors, or 2x 27" ASUS PB278Q's...? - driven by a Quadro K4000

Nice to see a certain Firefly You missed a door... probably the boiler, but still...

Always good to have these flagged... guess I'll have to try and explain to my Mam... :wacko: Anyone made a new Gmail address and seen what happens? I doubt it's a good idea - but figure someone has

More phones need to have metal backs... It'd be nice if you could change the battery though :unsure:

40/80... my guessing skills are not as good as Linus' lol

Yeah, gaming and CAD

Those specs weren't that old, I'll show you old... CPU: Intel, Q9450 @3.6GHz Motherboard: Abit, IP35 Pro XE RAM: Geil,Black Dragon 4x 2GB GPU: Gigabyte, GTX 470 / BFG, 8800GT (need to remove it, not getting utilised anymore) Case: Thermaltake, Armour (loud, even with quieter fans) Storage: 2x WD, Black 640GB, 1x WD, 320GB, 1x Seagate, 320GB & 2x Hitachi 1TB in RAID 1 PSU: PC P&C: Turbocool 1200W ESA CPU Cooling: Corsair, H50

To completely erase a disk, you need to do something like a format followed by a disk defragmentation (3 or 4 times over). As the OP hasn't done that, there should be some stuff which is recoverable... but, it may take a professional company to do this. Trevor, there has been a few suggestions above to try. You may get lucky e-mailing a professional data recovery company (I don't know any by name) - they may be kind enough to give advice / suggest programs to use / hell, it's Christmas, you may be able to plead and get a price reduction on them doing it for you. Good luck.

Good build, great gift

I'm sure someone can make something fun with this:

Full abandonment... not so much. Different reviewers have different things that they look for when showcasing a product - your method works well for me and others. Are you intending to keep the unboxing aspect within a full product review...?

Yeah, Linus said that the Quadro had the monitor attached. I was meaning multiple Geforce in SLI - as the Nvidia website quoted multiple Tesla cards, and Izam had already said it was like a a poor man's version of Maximus Would multiple monitors all have to come from the Quadro? With you mentioning PhysX... now I have a dumb idea that I may have to try on my new build... *Added in... Linus, have you tried utilising the Geforce for gaming...? - or is it a total no go...?

So, would that mean you can SLI Geforce cards to run with the Quadro leading...? ("paired with one or more Tesla K20s")

Just seconding what BenvolioZF asked... Which drivers did you use for the GPUs? - Quadro / Geforce / both...? (order of installing them). Did you plug the monitor in to the Quadro because it is in slot 1 or is it a driver related thing...?

Great board - think I have my choice for my rig now I can give you a list of 'exotic / weird hardware' to populate the PCIe if you want...? (As if by magic, it just happens to be the strange config I want to run lol)

Love it! Are you getting any issues with the different cards? - Nvidia state that you cannot run a Geforce and a Quadro in the same machine due to driver issues etc... What drivers are you using in the system? - which did you install first? Are you using a monitor on each GPU? Do the applications register the Quadro or Geforce as expected / wanted / needed? - I'm thinking something similar but for CAD and Gaming... so, I'm interested in this build a lot!

That's where the issue with games not running well on Quadro cards comes in... so I guess it comes down to a couple of options: - Two separate PCs in one case (one for Gaming and one for CAD) - A dual boot system on one PC (one using the Geforce and one using the Quadro) - A work around to have both installed on a single instance of Windows - without them conflicting... @[member=dezeltheintern] - any news on that project mentioned in a previous WAN show (Quadro and a Geforce in the same machine)...? Has linus sprung for the other card yet? Hence wanting to ensure I've got the parts tied down before I finish this case - if it ends up being two motherboards; it'll be a total redesign. As for storage... not 100% sure. Steam library is likely to keep increasing, so I'm allowing 1.5 to 2TB just for that. The CAD software doesn't take up too much room, but I'm using 3 types at the moment (Solidworks being mentioned as it's the comparative resource hog), say 1TB for those, their updates, templates, etc. Plus a couple more TB which I can fill into as and when I need it (non-Steam games, other applications, etc). So, I guess that makes about 5 or 6TB.

Duly noted about the tag, cheers. @helping - forgot to quote / tag you in my response... :rolleyes: A Titan wouldn't help with the CAD aspect I'm looking for... the Geforce cards are 'not supported' - thus aspects of Solidworks (and other CAD software?) are locked out. So, even if I had a crazy 4 way SLI'd Titan setup, it wouldn't fully enable the software... it has to be a Quadro or AMD equivalent. I take you're point about SSDs - I'm not really clued up on them... The HDDs - I'm not sure. I already have a NAS setup, but it'd not be capable for storing all of my games / applications etc - so it'd be a new NAS plus HDDS, if I go that route. The thought behind the internal config went as follows: RAID 0 has better speed, but has inherent flaws - so it'd make sense to go for RAID 0+1. But capacity plus organization of content, would probably push me to two RAID 0+1 arrays... which is quite excessive. So, that then turned to RAID 5 or RAID 6 with the same eight drives - has speed, redundancy and better capacity than 0+1. That was the thinking behind it... but I'm more than happy to be corrected / educated on this The work is amateur at the moment, but it is the career path I'm aiming to take - so that's where I'm looking. LGA 2011 was chosen because of the available PCIe bandwidth for the parts I am intending to install. That is not to say that it is the best option, only the best I could find in discussion with other members of other forums. Another option has been suggested - ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS (dual socket workstation board) - but, I'm not sure...

Yeah... sorry for the wall of text... (nicely illustrated BTW) You can game on Gforce cards with no issue, but you cannot get full Solidworks functionality unless you have a 'compatible' card (Quadro). But, you cannot get good gaming performance on Quadro cards... So, overall, Geforce is the better option; if I have to only have one type... but, that's the reason I want both. I was wondering about 0+1 for the SSDs, but wasn't sure of the viability of that... I guess it depends upon the amount of 'native'(?) SATA 6GBs ports available - if there's only two, that kind of gives the answer The main reason for the sound card is that I'm intending to link the PC back to my AV amp (also the reason for the TV card) - so, you have the normal 5.1 out, plus line in, plus mic and headphone; most onboard doesn't have the functionality... also, I've had issues with onboard not providing clarity before when using Ventrillo. So, yeah, may not be needed - but is justifyable The RAID card is intended to have a spare PCIe slot on either side of it plus direct airflow through the case towards it. When the system gets watercooled, I've been toying with attempting to stick a block on the RAID card :rolleyes:

I'm finally getting back to this build after a long time of it being a secondary project... Ivy-E is out now and I'm after a bit of sanity checking / parts advice. I know it's a bit of a weird one, so the sanity check parts may or may not be valid at times For the moment, the main aspect of this topic is to tie down the parts to enough of a degree to finish off the design on my case - from that, the rest of the build can progress. 1. Budget & Location The budget is fluid at the moment - I know some aspects are going to cost a lot, where as some can be chosen on a cost / performance basis. My location is in the UK. 2. Aim The system is to take over my current rig - both a gaming and CAD system. Gaming is to be the latest and greatest at max settings (something we all want ). The games are generally going to be FPS with all the bells and whistles cranked up full; Farcry 3, Sleeping Dogs, GTA V (if and when it comes to PC), etc. CAD is to be both drawing and 3D rendering with Solidworks for the moment, but will hopefully spread to other software. 3. Monitors I plan on running 3 monitors in surround plus a 4th for accessories or lightweight CAD programs. Not sure on the resolutions as of yet - aiming for 1080p on all 4 monitors, possibly higher on the surround screens, screen size to be larger than the current 1920x1080 23" screen I'm currently using; although, this may end up being the 4th monitor as it'll do 120hz and is 3D rated. 4. Peripherals It is going to be a Windows 7 based rig (have got this already), monitors, keyboard, and mouse will need purchasing. 5. Why are you upgrading? The current rig is 6 / 7plus years old and has had to be overclocked from 2.66GHz to 3.6GHz to make it still viable - it's just old and I'm in need of an update. Below is a bit more of an insite to the (in)sanity behind the build - I've copied it from the post I just made on the original thread from another forum... With Ivy-E releasing for socket 2011, and funds starting to become available... I'm in need of refreshing my plans for my new PC - tie down the hardware and I can get my case design finished. The original plan was for a Gigabyte UD9 on X58 - yeah, that's when this plan originally surfaced. That then revised to a socket 2011 board with 7x PCIE x16 physical slots - ASRock Extreme 11; with it's ability to run x16/x8/x8/x8/x8/x8/x8. I briefly looked at the MSI Bigbang 2... but that just sucks in specs (1 x16, 3 x8 and 3 x1) But, now with Ivy-E coming out, I'm hoping for new boards - the Extreme 11 is still a possibility, but the EVGA X79 Dark (5 x PCIe x16/x8, 1 x PCIe x4), or the ASUS P9X79-E WS (x16/x8/x8/x8/x16/x8/x8) are also looking promising. Any thoughts on a beasty Socket 2011 board with many PCIe slots? The rig is to replace my current, aging rig (6 / 7 plus years old), and has two main purposes: Gaming (latest and greatest on multi monitor - maybe even 3D) & CAD (both drawing and rendering - Solidworks at the moment). It is also to last as long as possible (love to get 6 / 7 years out of it), as such, I'm aiming for the best possible parts to try and keep a good level of performance for a long time. Parts plus thoughts / reasons: Motherboard: Unknown... Extreme 11 (original choice) / X79 Dark (slightly less connectivity than the other two) / P9X79-E WS (best PCIe distribution, poor colour scheme, workstation board...) CPU: Not decided as of yet... RAM: Not decided as of yet... 16GB possibly higher if I look more into RAM drives... GPU (Gaming): GTX770 / GTX780 - two or three of them, possibly one used for dedicated PhysX... GPU (CAD): Quadro GPU... I've heard of issues with driver compatability between Geforce and Quadro on the same PC, so it may have to be a dual boot system; set towards Gaming or CAD. One of Linus' WAN shows mentioned that Dezel is going to have a system with one of each - so I'm waiting on that implementation. RAID card: Areca 1880 card with support for eight HDDs in RAID 5 or RAID 6 (The build has been in the planning so long, so, I need a refresh my research) Sound Card: ASUS Xonar (The build has been in the planning so long, the bookmark doesn't work now - so, again, I need a refresh on the choice) TV Card: ASUS My Cinema (The build has been in the planning so long, the bookmark doesn't work now - so, again, I need a refresh on the choice) Depending upon the card choices, a PCIe X4 to 4x PCIe x1 slots for the TV and Sound cards... yes, this may introduce issues or latency... Storage (SSD): two or four drives - probably in RAID Storage (HDD): eight WD drives - originally was going to be REDs, but need to check if the five or six drive limit is just on the enclosure; or on the total drive count in the array. Intending to have them in two banks of four... There will be other parts in there, but they kind of depend on the above parts... Space for the parts isn't going to be an issue - shall be implementing flexible riser cards for the PCIe slots; these feed two banks of 12 slots on the case. Yes, there will probably be some latency on these cables... but, I have done some benchmarks with existing cables on this rig, and they don't have that much effect. This is an old system (socket 775 board + GTX470), I do realise that the effect may be more noticeable on a new system - especially if the motherboard is using PLX chips. Software / benchmarks used: Crysis Benchmark (3 run setting), Mafia II Benchmark (3 separate runs), Metro 2033 Benchmark (3 run setting), FluidMark (3 separate runs), Heaven Benchmark (3 separate runs), 3D Mark 06, GPU-Z & CUDA-Z. The build will start on air, but then migrate accross to liquid cooling at a later stage. There's probably more to add.. but it's been a while since I put deep thought into it - will add as things come back to me / questions or comments get added