Recent content by SamF18

Thanks for your reply. Seems like the 3700x would be the best option indeed. I'll look into it more.

Remove all your RAM (the 16 and the 2x32). Find your mother board's manual (you can find it on the manufacturer's website if you don't have the physical one anymore), and check the page about the RAM. It will have instructions on which slots to use depending on your configuration. You will...

Hello everyone! I know this question has been asked time and time again, and I'm sorry for bringing it back up just for my case. Currently, I have a 1700x on an MSI Gaming Pro Carbon X370. I also have 16GB of Corsair RAM rated for 3000 MHz (which I never managed to get to that speed btw, I...

Thanks everyone! I eventually did upgrade to a ryzen 7 1700x (I had to as I was giving away my old stuff to a family member who needed it immediately). So far, I don't have anything to say about it; performance is relatively the same in most games I play. It's a bit weird to be back to AMD...

Thanks for your answer. I'm not expecting it to work directly. I backed up everything already and I'll build a new array. I was just wondering if I needed to "tell" the old mobo that I was reliving the array to avoid potential boot error once installed in my sister's computer. As for the...

Hello everyone, First of all, thanks to everyone who takes the time to help other people here, over the years I found very valuable information that was really helpful. I just got a new motherboard and CPU and I want to migrate my RAID 10 to the new motherboard. 1. The current setup is...

Thanks everyone for the replies! :) I'll keep the money for the monitor, and will wait for a better upgrade (I didn't know about coffee lake, but that could be promising).

Hello everyone, I was thinking about upgrading my CPU and my mobo this year, but I'm not sure if it's worth it or not. Here's my current config: - i5 4670k OC @4.4GHz (on air, super stable) - Asrock Z87 extreme 6 - 16 gb ram (can't remember what it is, but it's midrange, maybe 1600) - EVGA GX...

I would stay away from the FTW DT and would get the SC if you don't want to overclock, for the quality (as I heard, never had to use it) of EVGA CS. I did use Asus CS once (ended up being five times for the same product), and it was so painful that I stopped buying Asus MoBo after ten years (and...

Adding my 2 cents to this thread: I personally think the Strix is a better card as it tends to oc just as well as the ftw and has a higher clock straight out of the box, while remaining cooler. I was very close to buying one, but eventually decided to get a ftw instead. 1. The ftw is 3/4 inch...

So, I created the Raid 10 (0+1) and so far, it's working fine. I wasn't able to choose which discs would go in which array, but I tried plugging them in on the MoBo to force that (not sure it worked). Bottom line: so far so good. A note of advice for Windows users: if you're planning on...

Thank you all for your replies. I bought a 003 (hdd), and I'm going to build the raid this weekend. I'll come back to post the results once done. Thanks again! :)

Thanks for your reply! Turns out, I should've checked my drives before posting. So, I actually have 2 sshd (the st1000dx001) and one regular (st1000dm003 - from the second computer). If I were to buy another 003, would it be possible to use the two sshd for one "block" of the raid 10 array...

Hello everyone! I read many topics but couldn't really find any answer, so here I am! I currently have three Seagate st1000dx001 (sshd), and I want to create a Raid 10 array with them. Obviously I need a fourth disk for that. Can I use a regular hdd for that? (I was thinking the Seagate...