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That is awesome. What do you think it would be like on an external ssd?
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I imagine it would be similar to an internal HDD. USB 3 would be a bit of a bottleneck but external HDDs are slower than that so I would think an SSD would be better. If you're using Thunderbolt or USB C I imagine it would be pretty good.
I did look at this when I thought I'd go down this route, and still may progress to it, but there are very few speed comparisons of external SSD and HDD speeds. I had a spare USB HDD so went with that but now I've got it working I'll probably look into an SSD at some point.
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Anyone need a PSU? Have a Corsair 430 going spare...
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Graphics card advice please.
I've currently got a 650Ti Boost which has worked mostly fine for me. About the only game I buy on release is any variation of Borderlands. This year pretty much the only other graphics intensive game I've played has been Far Cry 4.
My desktop and tablet are being replaced by a laptop and eGPU, it ticks all the boxes for what I need it to do and I don't mind the premium to have that flexibility. The 650 isn't strictly compatible and I'll be flogging the old desktop as a complete build for ease anyway.
When setup at the desk I'd like to run dual monitors 1440p stacked vertically and only one of these will be used for gaming. I'm edging towards a 6GB GTX 1060 but is this overkill? It's at the top end of what I'm prepared to spend.
Other possibilities:
RX 480, 470, 460
R9 290, 285GTX 1060
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Interested to hear what eGPU you are getting?
1060 will draw a lot less power than the 980/970 and generate less heat, not sure if that matters to you? Might do in a small eGPU enclosure? -
I'm (mildly) embarrassed to say I opted for a Razer Core and Blade Stealth but it's arrived and I've already forgotten about the cost (well until the credit card bill comes through...)
Although not vital it's a nice additional feature that the 1060 runs cooler and draws less power. The 980 costs almost as much as a 1060 second hand and isn't (from what I understand) exceptionally better right?
The 1060 also outperforms the equivalent AMD card for anything that isn't DX12 based, and even then the difference is not huge is it?
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The 980 wasn't really worth getting, it didn't have enough of a performance bump over the 970 and was too close to the price of a 980ti. 970 was the sweet spot.
I have a 970 that'll likely needs a new home, just need to wait for the potential replacement to arrive. PM if interested?
Its currently powering 3 1440p monitors, so no problems with your setup.
One of these
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Why embarrassed? Sounds lie a decent wee set up... toyed with the idea of an eGPU for my MBP but doubt I could self build...
After the dust had settled on the hype of the 10xx cards it sounds like that are not as crazy more powerful than the 9xx but a good step up over each model. So a 1060 is about the same as a 970, roughly, or at least thats what I got from various internet reading. That, coupled with no idea of when 10xx drivers for macOS would be out lead me to get a second hand 970...
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I bought a Bitfenix case to replace my hotbox of hell. The parts in my Hack have now almost totally been replaced, only Mobo and RAM are original. MVP'd the shit out of that.
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Ha, spot on.
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I think it's mostly the cost, like I can afford this now but I feel guilt over it, probably because the desktop didn't need replacing and doing so almost feels gawdy and crass. That said, it's a bloody pleasure to use so I'm rather pleased.
Self building and eGPU sounds bold, but equally fun. Not that I'd have the foggiest on where to start.
Appreciate the advice about cards, very useful to actual talk with someone rather than just rely on my interpretation of what I've read and limited knowledge!
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Mine does that... Any idea why?
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Thanks for the tip-off, I'll take a hammer to it when I get home. (no euph)
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I mentioned on here about installing Windows 10 on an external drive but was having issues. I've worked out how to do it if anyone is interested (and mainly so I can refer back to this when I want to do it again).
Download the Windows Media Creation Tool from Microsoft. Run it and choose fresh install then opt to download an ISO image. Mount/unzip the image.
Use this http://markthetech.com/how-to-convert-install-esd-to-install-wim/ to convert the install.esd file to install.wim. The file is in the sources folder of the Win10 ISO.
Plug in the external HDD and run steps 1-3 from here http://www.partition-tool.com/resource/windows-10-partition-manager/install-windows-10-on-external-hard-drive.html (or use gparted or Windows Disk Manager or whatever you prefer, I found this quickest). (In theory you should be able to follow that guide through to the end but my version didn't seem to work for some reason.)
Download Gimagex from here https://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit-tools/gimagex/
Run it and select Apply tab. For source choose the Install.wim file you created. For destination choose your external HDD. Click Apply. It will then spend some time copying the files across.
Open a command prompt as administrator
Run
where x is the drive letter for your external drive
You should now have a bootable Windows 10 drive. I got an OEM Windows 10 key for a tenner from here which seems to work fine. https://www.scdkey.uk/microsoft-windows-10-pro-oem-cd-key-global_1227-20.html?&site=uk
Performance is unsurprisingly slower in some instances (I'm using a mechanical USB 3.0 I bought a few years ago). Booting up takes about 90 seconds (as opposed to 10 on an SSD), the system can slow down a bit with a lot of disk access (installing updates, running programs, downloading, etc simultaneously) but generally it works fine and you don't notice it