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First review I have seen: http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/asus-z170-rog-maximus-viii-formula-review,1.html

All is quiet on this mobo unless I missed something. I wonder whether it will get thunderbolt3 through the alpine ridge controller like the maximus extreme.

Awesome. Thanks ! I am considerably nearer making a decision now! ☺

I have one last question as I have never had an m.2 drive. If u look at board layout on asus maximus viii hero: https://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/MAXIMUS-VIII-HERO/ If u run dual graphics does the m.2 drive being so thin fit under the second graphics card or would longer m.2 drives clash...

Thanks TechMinerUK, that info is really helpful. Im stuck with skylake now as I have my 6600k already. I read skylake has 16 lanes on cpu and 20 lanes on chipset. Bit annoying that the m.2 on gigabytes gaming 7 disables the third PCIe x4 slot. I guess they used up all the remaining...

For anyone that wants it specs are here: http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/ROG-MAXIMUS-VIII-FORMULA/specifications/

Hi all, Im having trouble settling on which skylake board to buy. Theres so many different storage connectors/options at the moment and I greedily want them all for some level of future proofing. I want to find the perfect board for: -USB3.1 and thunderbolt 3 over type C -Dual Sli or...

Thank you guys, i will check robocopy out.

the motherboard says PCIEX1_2 next to the socket I had in mind ! so the card gregster mentioned should fit straight off without the need for an adapter? Is this card also low profile or is it a fat monster as a low profile one would be better so i dont cook my raid controller :) Can you use...

Hi all, can anyone recommend me a really cheap crappy graphics card that works in a pci express 1.0 slot. Its just for a temporary solution. I want to briefly remove my current graphics card so i can install 2*raid controllers in my pci express 16 slots and then migrate the data off one array...

Hi folks, I have an old 4.5TB raid6 array built from 12*500GB drives. I have bought 5*3TB drives for a new raid 6 array. I plan to copy all the data off my current 4.5TB array onto 2*3TB drives. Then I will transfer this data to a new 3*3TB raid5 array. Once that is done I will wipe the...

The array will just be used for storage of microscopy imaging data on my personal computer at home. So its not something that will run 24/7 and I dont require it to be fast. Reliability is my greatest concern. The data will also be stored at my work but i want my home solution to be reliable...

I dont doubt i will run raid6... the question for me is how to organise 12*3TB hard drives. If i build a single 30TB array with standard consumer level hard drives, im quite sure that the probability of rebuilding such an array upon a hard drive failure will be unnacceptably low (alarmingly low...

no one can help? I was hoping to get the drives ordered soon. Just dont know which drives to buy and how to safely construct a large raid array having read articles online about UREs. Thanks.

Hi there, hope someone can help I want to upgrade my raid array. I have a 3ware 9650-12ml raid controller running 12 non-enterprise 500GB hard drives in a single raid6 array. now at the time i built this array i had no idea what i was doing (clearly!!)... and i still dont. However, i read...

Thanks for your suggestion. I fear 17.3" may be a little too big, but i will deffinately add this one to my shortlist. Ideally I would like to be able to shove my new laptop in a rucksack. Its good to know that this one can match the performance of my desktop.

Hi, I would like a laptop that performs at least as well as my current desktop (see spec below). Can anyone provide any help/suggestions? What cpu would the laptop need to match my desktop? what would the cost be? I would prefer something portable that I can take to and from work...

Hi, Does anyone else have this usb network adapter running on win7 64bit? Im having real problems. I have uninstalled and reinstalled with the latest drivers countless times. I cannot get it to work for love nor money. Whats really really frustrating was when i installed the driver...

thank you I will take a look at that. I see your point about microsoft servers. Basically a local IT company who resell bandwidth is screwing my dads business over. Speeds in the daytime are around 25kb/sec, yet at the evenings and weekend are 500kb/sec. So I think there must be some...

Can anyone recommend a piece of software that can periodically download a test file of your choosing from the internet (i wanted to set it to download something from microsoft download centre) and then log the speed results? I want a speed test every hour for 24 hours for a few days as i think...