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hey all, i have an x79 sabertooth MOBO im attempting to setup a RAID10 array on. i have 4 drives plugged in and seen in BOIS, but when i get into the intel RAID controller, i cant select discs for a RAID 10 array, but i can select disc for other array types if i select them. is there something...

hey all. over the past few months, ive been working on solving this issue, via building a NAS. ive got 99% of the parts, save fore a few issues with mobo im currently working with, and the drives themselves. when i can, i do plan to get a syn. box as extra backup.

so, after more digging, i discovered that any mobo that supports the 2650 is ither out of my price range, or only supports DDR4. what i found next is this sabertooth x79...

hey again, i did alot of digging, and i came across these : https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Open-box-ASUS-SABERTOOTH-X79-Socket-2011-Intel-Motherboard/232654797085?epid=114542237&hash=item362b4e791d:g:dqwAAOSwf15ad239 and...

hey all, ive been looking over parts, and considering options for a sever project im planning. i was originally planning on using the ryzen 1800X as it seems like a beastly 8 core, thought i was going to try holding out for zen 2 if i could. to that end i was exploring a different option, when i...

Hello, i need help deciding on how to go about solving my impending storage problem. i have many drives ither in, or attached to my PC, and currently mot of them are between 50 and 90% full. because i dont often dump data as im a bit of an archiver, and local media consumer. i had been...

this makes me really glad i got my 850 EVO when i did.

hm, it seems that apple has gone lax, if the only thing you miss is the boot screen when you use a non-apple EFI card. that should make this project easier, since i could get a newer, more power full/ power efficient card.

hello, i acquired a 2008 3,1 mac pro late last year, and i decided that i wanted to do i few upgrades to it to make it 'work flow friendly'. so, ive done processor upgrade (from 4 to 8), now i aim to do a graphics card upgrade, only thing is theres alot of loose info floating around on what...

so, a bit ago i got to setting up a BM intensity pro 4k into a mac pro so i could record PC gameplay, but i cant get the card to detect video signal. in my searching for a solution, i found some sources that say changing the nvidea color format to YUV/ or YCrCb is a way to fix it, but now where...

hi all, here's what actually ended up happening. a few weeks after i made this post, my brother-in-law was gifted a new router from a gaming buddy, and since he had no need for 2 routers, he gave us his old one, a netgear N750 wireless dual band gigabit. while it doesn't go to AC from what the...