What's on your hardware wish list ?

[cucker tarlson]

That narrows it down to anything but nvidia drivers since we run completely different systems and (probably) completely different software except for Pascal GPU drivers.

I suspect firefox, it chugs ram like crazy. Too bad I find it smoother than any other browser on a 27" 1440p screen, scrolling pages up and down is really clearer and smoother than Opera or Chrome.

 

[jaggerwild]

Double my DDR3 16GB@2100, then new 1080 ti.
But as reality dictates I may stick with my 2 780ti's...id settle for some new games(to me).

 

[StrayKAT]

youve had it for loke a couple days... what kind of defragmentation were you expecting in a short time?

loke?

I still expected defrag to be as slow -- -painfully slow -- like any other HDD. I had put a fresh install of Windows, a bunch of Store Apps (including maybe 30GB of games), Office, and maybe 100GB of Steam games. But the defrag was SSD speeds. And like I said, it even says "Trimming" instead of "Defragmenting" in the status. I can't remember now, but it only does that with SSDs, right? It seems like it tricked the OS into thinking I'm running an SSD.

All I wanted was fast bootup and loading for commonly used apps.. so this is just a nice perk.

 

[EarthDog]

Typo, clearly.... Theres a difference between half the muppets on here saying hole for whole or brake for break or there for their.

Anyway... it's only doing the data on the ssd. Not the data on the hdd...which is a defrag, not trim. They are two different things.

 

[trog100]

i feel a bit ashamed to admit to this but nothing at all is on my PC wish list.. oh dear.. he he

trog

 

[scevism]

Im due for a extra ssd drive and new graphics card upgrade pb more as my system is like 4 years old now.
What do you all think i can upgrade on my system?

 

[cucker tarlson]

Your CPU is still relevant, it'll drive a 1080Ti fine. If you're running a dinosaur like R9 290 then even a GTX 1080 will be a huge upgrade, both in terms of performance and efficiency. This and a 500GB ssd for games.

 

[TheGuruStud]

1950X https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074CBH3R4/?tag=tec06d-20
Same at newegg, too.

She's droppin boys! $880

 

[StrayKAT]

Typo, clearly.... Theres a difference between half the muppets on here saying hole for whole or brake for break or there for their.

Anyway... it's only doing the data on the ssd. Not the data on the hdd...which is a defrag, not trim. They are two different things.

Ah OK. Yeah, it was strange to see, in any case. If that's what it's doing, I guess there's no way it can traditionally defrag then? It shows 3 "Solid State Drives" as media type. The HDD, the Recovery partition, and the Optane memory.

 

[EarthDog]

And when you select the hdd it TRIMs? Ive never used optane before so i have no idea. The HDD should still be able to be defragged id imagine...

 

[cucker tarlson]

does the system (I have win 10) trim or attempt to defrag SSDs when I click optimize in control panel disk optimization ? I have a raid0 volume so a lot of info is unavailable when I try to figure out wheter trim is working or not. Trimcheck 0.7 says trim is working properly, but still I'd prefer a manual option just in case.

 

[EarthDog]

I believe defrag should be disabled on ssd in 10 so it trims. Check.

 

[StrayKAT]

And when you select the hdd it TRIMs? Ive never used optane before so i have no idea. The HDD should still be able to be defragged id imagine...

Yeah, it trims. There's no other option (the the bottom volume is Optane).

edit: Tell me if that image shows up. Using an image upload site that's new to me.

 

[EarthDog]

Image shows up... but why not use tpu to upload?????

Anyway... weird... not sure you can defrag the hdd with optane running... may have to use a 3rd party application. Hdd caanot 'trim'

 

[StrayKAT]

Image shows up... but why not use tpu to upload?????

Anyway... weird... not sure you can defrag the hdd with optane running... may have to use a 3rd party application.

I clicked the image button and it said insert.. but it didn't have a pop up. Or maybe something screwed up. Anyhow, if the url showed the image, it's cool.

Yeah, it's weird. But maybe by design. After you attach the memory the RST app (or standalone Optane app) reboots into a DOS/low level mode and reconfigures the system in some mysterious way. I don't think it behaves like normal cache at least.

Found a screenshot elsewhere:

 

[StrayKAT]

For all of my defense of Optane memory, that went useless overnight I'll put it in a cheapo machine I'm building, I guess. I bought the newer Optane drive, gonna set it as boot.

I didn't realize I could get my WD nvme SSD to work in IRST (my bios was in UEFI mode before). So I put that in. It accelated a WD Black HDD surprisingly well. Might be especially nice to just accelerate these as secondary drives later. Should I do this or just get some cheap SSDs?

 

[EarthDog]

Lol, all in on optane!

 

[StrayKAT]

Lol, all in on optane!

I was gonna hold out for a 480gb, but I don't know when that'll come in u.2. And these keep selling out. So I grabbed it.

Just need to rethink what to do for more space now.

 

[StrayKAT]

Next on the wishlist is x299. Strange how few have u.2 options. Or are gimped with just one port.

I'm slowly considering myself a Supermicro fan, but they've yet to release their x299 gaming board. It'll have what I need, if they do.

 

[Devon68]

Probably a mic a dac, and a good dslr camera since I'm thinking about starting a youtube channel next year.

 

[Th3pwn3r]

Lets see, at Newegg I have in my list are:

- Hauppauge WinTV-quadHD tuner.
- Intel Pentium G4600T
- 2 x 4GB DDR4 2400 SODIMM kit.
- Cryorig C7 (I actually have one on the way already, might want a second)
- Seasonic 650w Gold/Modular
- 512GB M.2
- Color Laser Printer

LOL, I remember my TV tuner from 15 years ago, I thought it was soo cool. Too bad each channel change came with like a 2 second delay lol. The good old days.

 

[EarthDog]

Next on the wishlist is x299. Strange how few have u.2 options. Or are gimped with just one port.

I'm slowly considering myself a Supermicro fan, but they've yet to release their x299 gaming board. It'll have what I need, if they do.

The vast majority have two m.2 slots. It is more rare for them to have one.

Supermico... solid, missionary only.

 

[StrayKAT]

The vast majority have two m.2 slots. It is more rare for them to have one.

Supermico... solid, missionary only.

I'm stumped. What do you mean by missionary? I have a 270 I like more than an ASUS I also have. So I'd like to stick with them. The only thing I miss is an EZ Mode. This is full on Nerd.

Seems like everyone went all in on M.2 only. MSI is the only one besides Supermicro with U.2 (but only 1 port). Maybe these new Intel drives will change the trend a little. It's partly their fault for only making enterprise before.

 

[cucker tarlson]

I wouldn't go for X299 now, pci-e 4.0 is coming next year.

Anyways, I was thinking this:

Alienware 240Hz g-sync for my current GTX1080 (would cost me 350PLN)

Alienware 240Hz freesync and a new Vega 64 Liquid (would cost me about the same given how much cheaper that freesync version is, I could sell my Dell for at least 2000 while this one costs 1700. Plus Vega Liquid has finally got a very nice pricetag here, 10% lower than 1080Ti)

I wanna go back from 1440p 144hz, high res with high refresh is nice, but I'm most comfortable playing at +100fps. Custom 1080Ti's are just too highly priced ATM, that'd cost me 3x as much as the options I provided.

 

[StrayKAT]

I wouldn't go for X299 now, pci-e 4.0 is coming next year.

Anyways, I was thinking this:

Alienware 240Hz g-sync for my current GTX1080 (would cost me 350PLN)

Alienware 240Hz freesync and a new Vega 64 Liquid (would cost me about the same given how much cheaper that freesync version is, I could sell my Dell for at least 2000 while this one costs 1700. Plus Vega Liquid has finally got a very nice pricetag here, 10% lower than 1080Ti)

I wanna go back from 1440p 144hz, high res with high refresh is nice, but I'm most comfortable playing at +100fps. Custom 1080Ti's are just too highly priced ATM, that'd cost me 3x as much as the options I provided.

Ah that makes sense. ETA on PCIE 4?

I could use gsync too.