re: PC Discussion - Gaming, Performance and Enthusiasts

ILikeLSU, is it possible to have a setup where you have 3 SSDs and 3HDDs where the SSDs and HDDs are separate, but in Raid0?

Like say I found 3 240GB SSDs for $210 total and 3 3TB HDDs for $240 total and wanted to have a little file server but have two drives ie was as say E:/ and one as F:/ ?

Seems illogical, I know, but I saw a deal on some SSDs and it made me think about it.

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ILikeLSU, is it possible to have a setup where you have 3 SSDs and 3HDDs where the SSDs and HDDs are separate, but in Raid0?

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What chipset/motherboard? Look up whether it'll support two raid arrays.

However, raid 0 is a very bad idea for a file server, or really any situation where losing all the data without warning would be more than a minor inconvenience.

so thanks for all the help guys. My build is up and running. I run Witcher 3 at Ultra settings w/hairworks, at ultrawide at 60 FPS, I can't wait to get an ultrawide gsync monitor with a higher refresh rate. One problem though. My boot drive is a pcie m.2 ssd. and my mobo spontaneously stopped recognizing it. Is there anything I can do? Ive read some stuff about running recovery but Im not 100%, I really hope the ssd isnt dead and I just need to replug it in or run a recovery process. This thing is blistering fast to boot and I pretty much have zero loading times in the games ive stored on it (TW3, gta5, skyrim, fc4 etc...)

I would recommend anyone reading this thread to buy an ultrawide monitor. You can get a decent lg 29 inch (24 inch equivalent 16:9) for about 200 on sales nowadays. It is really a game changer with the increased FOV.

Has everyone here upgraded to Windows 10 or are most of you still running 7/8? I upgraded without giving it much thought, but I'm thinking of going back to 8.1 if I can. If I download 8.1 and do a clean install, will that work?

If any of you are running 10, are you happy with it?

Hey guys!

How is everyone doing?

AMD owners are still 2nd rate citizens.

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. Seems to make start menu icons disappear after playing certain full-screen games

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Yes, this bug is annoying. I shut down my PC the task manager every day.

About a year ago the CEO stepped down and the COO stepped up. Not sure how it's affected the bottom line in the past year, but Read (former CEO) was only in that position for 3 years, and the new chick had only been COO for a short while. Pretty sure Read was the first to get AMD out of the financial red since they acquired ATI.

Well, consider that a 980 Ti is literally 95%+ of the Titan X's performance for like 60% of the price. You could nearly get two 980 Ti's for what you'd spend on a Titan X. Also, going from SLI 780 Ti's to a single Titan X or 980 Ti would probably be a bit of a downgrade in performance in a lot of games unless you go 4K, or a lateral move at best.

I'm about to take the 10 plunge, I am assuming you did a fresh install vs the upgrade

I did the upgrade. It takes a long time for me to set everything up how I like it again. Remember that when people recommend a fresh install, their logic is based on the habits of an average user, a scenario in which one has accumulated years of OS clutter. That's the primary and perhaps only drawback of an upgrade; it ports the entire condition of your virtual workspace, be it pristine or decrepit.

In my case, I do have a ton of installed programs and background processes, but I have them because I've chosen to have them. I'd hope you are just as aware of everything you've installed, downloaded, or otherwise permitted to exist within your workspace.