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    2011 Workstation Replacement - Sweet Spot Between Unlimited Budget/Wasting Money

    I asked for help replacing this system in 2016 but time got away from me and now things are feeling bogged down. I will not be using this PC for gaming. I use it for 2D CAD, Fusion 360, Adobe Creative Suite (mostly Photoshop and Illustrator and some video editing), MS Office, and other boring...
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    Workstation Build - Future Proof, Unlimited (almost) Budget

    Thanks again, Dangman. Here's my updated grocery list. PC Hound Part List CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 8M ($329 @ Amazon) Motherboard: EVGA Z170 Classified K 142-SS-E178-KR ($233.98 @ Newegg) Memory: CORSAIR 64GB (4 x 16GB) Vengeance LPX ($299.99 @ Amazon) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080...
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    Workstation Build - Future Proof, Unlimited (almost) Budget

    My current workstation is starting to flake out on me a little so I'm ready to pull the trigger on a new build. I like EVGA and was excited to see they have a motherboard that accommodates two Samsung 950s that I will set up in Windows 10 as software RAID 1. I'll also set up the other SSD...
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    Workstation Build - Future Proof, Unlimited (almost) Budget

    Thank you for taking the time to help me out, Dangman. I wonder how long it will be till there are motherboards besides those from MSI that support the new CPUs. It is good to know that I can just jump and build a new workstation now without regret.
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    Workstation Build - Future Proof, Unlimited (almost) Budget

    I've read a little about Broadwell-E and people do not seem impressed. How long do you figure I would have to wait for a potentially-impressive chip to come out? If it is a lot more than 6 months, I should probably get the show on the road and upgrade. Would you suggest going with the...
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    Workstation Build - Future Proof, Unlimited (almost) Budget

    I don't care about running SLI or crossfire. I can wait for Broadwell-E.
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    Workstation Build - Future Proof, Unlimited (almost) Budget

    Thank you, extide. This is what I was hoping would be true. So, I could have two 950 Pro drives running at full speed but use Windows software RAID1 to have redundancy? When I'm looking at motherboards, I get pretty confused as to making sure I have enough of what kind of PCIe slot. The same...
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    Workstation Build - Future Proof, Unlimited (almost) Budget

    Thank you again, jrweis. I used to buy Abit boards too and Asus is my current go-to brand of board and has been for some time. Thank you for the tweak to your recommendation about the X-99 boards over the Sabertooth. I am happy to have so many choices but actually choosing can be a challenge...
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    Workstation Build - Future Proof, Unlimited (almost) Budget

    This seems critical. Thank you for the heads-up about this, jrweis. I was wondering about this as I strain my brain to decipher the requirements of the 950 Pro drives. Being as there aren't a gaggle of x99 motherboards with two spaces for these kinds of drives, can you tell me if using an...
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    Workstation Build - Future Proof, Unlimited (almost) Budget

    ` Is it better because, why pay for more processor that won't be utilized? Thank you for taking the time to help me, PontiacGTX.
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    Workstation Build - Future Proof, Unlimited (almost) Budget

    Thank you, jrweis, both for the explanation as well as the parts list. I agree that good back-up software is a necessity. Having zero downtime when the OS hard drive goes down, ohhhh MOMMA! It is a euphoric feeling to know the system can keep working and all I have to do is swap a hard drive...
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    Workstation Build - Future Proof, Unlimited (almost) Budget

    Thank you for taking the time to put this together for me. So, to get the RAID1 protection, Windows 7 could do software RAID to create a redundancy with my bootable 950s?
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    Workstation Build - Future Proof, Unlimited (almost) Budget

    This is EXACTLY the kinds of insight I was hoping for, default|user! You're right, not a ton of video editing so based on what you're teaching me, the 6-core sounds preferable.
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    Workstation Build - Future Proof, Unlimited (almost) Budget

    extide, you sound like you may have had a similar bum-out as I did when I discovered the USB-to-serial adapter I purchased did not work. I have no problem using a USB one that does. Worst case, I can use an old server that has the RS232 on the back of it for configuration if I'm in a pinch...
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    Workstation Build - Future Proof, Unlimited (almost) Budget

    Can I put two Intel 750 series NVMe PCI-e AICs into RAID1 without frustration? I'd really like to retain the redundancy we currently have on all of our workstations (which has been awesome the times we've needed it). This is outstanding information, jrweis, and shows me just how in need of...
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