Re: [H] Ideas for a new build

2016-11-30 Thread Bryan Seitz
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 11:49 PM > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Ideas for a new build > > Bobby, > > I don't know if their recent water coolers are better but I've had > better luck with NZXT > for water cooling. -- Bryan G. Seitz

Re: [H] Ideas for a new build

2016-11-30 Thread Bobby Heid
...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Greg Sevart Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 1:13 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Ideas for a new build I've become a big fan of G.Skill memory kits, especially for DDR4. However, I've had problems getting my HW-E (5820k) and BW-E (6950X

Re: [H] Ideas for a new build

2016-11-30 Thread Bobby Heid
, November 29, 2016 11:49 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Ideas for a new build Bobby, I don't know if their recent water coolers are better but I've had better luck with NZXT for water cooling. On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 09:03:24PM -0500, Bobby Heid wrote: > I ag

Re: [H] Ideas for a new build

2016-11-29 Thread Greg Sevart
...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 8:03 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Ideas for a new build I agree with the M2 interface. Look up info on the Samsung 960 M2 drive. I also agree that a NAS is a good idea. I have

Re: [H] Ideas for a new build

2016-11-29 Thread Bryan Seitz
looks like I'm a Corsair fanboy, but they just have a lot of stuff I > like at this time. > > -Original Message- > From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of > Robert Martin Jr. > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 8:20 PM > To: hardw...@l

Re: [H] Ideas for a new build

2016-11-29 Thread Bobby Heid
...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Ideas for a new build Something to also consider is a good NAS if you don't already have one. I keep all my important stuff on the NAS so I don't have to have as much HDD space on any of the PC's at the house. Map a NAS share or create an iscsi drive

Re: [H] Ideas for a new build

2016-11-29 Thread Greg Sevart
com> Cc: hwg <hardware@hardwaregroup.com> Subject: Re: [H] Ideas for a new build One of the big recent advancements is in the new M.2 interface for SSDs, which finally creates an interface that can match the inherent speed of modern SSD: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/02/under

Re: [H] Ideas for a new build

2016-11-29 Thread Robert Martin Jr.
right now just because I don't game on my main machine,   lopaka From: Brian Weeden <brian.wee...@gmail.com> To: hardware <hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> Cc: hwg <hardware@hardwaregroup.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 5:05 PM Subject: Re: [H] Ideas for a new build

Re: [H] Ideas for a new build

2016-11-29 Thread Jim Maki
To: hardware Cc: hwg Subject: Re: [H] Ideas for a new build One of the big recent advancements is in the new M.2 interface for SSDs, which finally creates an interface that can match the inherent speed of modern SSD: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/02/understanding-m-2-the-interface

Re: [H] Ideas for a new build

2016-11-29 Thread Brian Weeden
One of the big recent advancements is in the new M.2 interface for SSDs, which finally creates an interface that can match the inherent speed of modern SSD: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/02/understanding-m-2-the-interface-that-will-speed-up-your-next-ssd/ If you do a lot of disk-intensive

[H] Ideas for a new build

2016-11-29 Thread Jim Maki
Hi, My last new build was a 2.67 GHz i7 system in 2009. I have been using a dual Xeon 6-core, 2.67 GHz refurb (HP Z600)for about 2 years. I have outgrown the storage capacity (hard drives, etc.) of the HP case. It is very proprietary and would not easily transfer to the larger case I have