Recent content by marko55

What kind of laptop? First, CPUs have differing max clocks depending on how many cores are active. So while the max turbo may be 3.2 (or whatever the specs say) it will likely run lower if all cores are active. Second, manufacturers like Lenovo like to custom tune their systems to limit power...

That is correct. I eluded to it before: You've got to be careful of the limits on your RAID card though. I just checked the specs on the 9361-8i and actually I gave you an unrealistic scenario previously. Max drives per drive group on a 9361-8i is 32 (which is ok for your use case), BUT...

Back up your data and RMA it with the seller if you're still within the return period. Otherwise RMA it through Seagate's website. Seagate RMAs are pretty straight forward. You're just gonna eat a little shipping cost.

I know I'm not directly answering your question but I've deployed several QNAPs and they're fantastic. Huge feature set, a huge array of models to do about anything you'd need, and I've tied them in to AD before without issue. Have you looked at QNAP? For instance, if you're looking rackmount...

Correct, it won't perform quite as well as the Ironwolf but the difference is likely in the eye of the user. For NAS use you're probably fine with either. When you start talking "hypervisor" though, it completely depends how many VMs we're talking about, what kind of performance you want out...

Yeah, first thing that came to mind when reading this was possible memory issue, then I saw 10GB RAM with mismatched RAM modules. Can't do that. Get the 2GB stick out of there, make sure the 2 x 4GB sticks are in the correct 2 slots on your mobo (per its manual) and see if things stabilize.

Few questions: What make & model is the cooler? What fan connector do you have the cooler's pump connected to on your mobo? Does that fan header show any RPMs in the BIOS, and what are they?

Assuming you mean the H100i, there's a SATA power cable and a fan connector that are on one cable, that plug in to a connector on the H100i's pump. Plus the SATA power connector in to a SATA power cable in your machine. Connect that fan connector to your CPU fan header on your mobo. Then the...

You can not. The i5-3470 uses socket 1155 and supports only ddr3 RAM. If by "pcie support" you mean that you want to boot to an NVMe PCIe-interface SSD, that's likely not going to work either. You can however boot to a SATA SSD and then install a PCIe SSD in a PCIe slot on the motherboard...

Yeah you should REALLY invest in a better cooler to OC that CPU.

LOL. Are you actually seeing 10 FPS just from jumping from 1866 to 2100? That sounds high. It's one thing to go from 1333 to over 2133 but 1866 to that would typically yield much less increase. If you've got 1866 memory and can achieve 2133 stable, and have that kind of gain, you've won.

Few considerations here. 1) You've got a backup and you're purely after performance, so I'm not sure I'd sweat using 50 over 60. 50 frees up a few more disks to add more spans to your drive group too. That said, if your gonna start going over 4TB disks, I'd definitely go 60. 2) To increase...

I'd see if you can find a used 4790k, pop it on your current mobo and enjoy

Here's the thing: 4790k in both multi threaded and single core performance, not to mention future proof. BUT, the jump from ddr3 to high speed ddr4 (like 3200) makes the FPS a wash. So from an overall system perspective they're probably almost identical for gaming.

Yes, for sure.