Recent content by vitalym

What's the difference between storing it in the cloud? They also run off drive and can suffer the same issues. I'm looking into running a raid z2 which supports up to 2 drive failures, have it behind a surge protector, etc. Online backup companies have been known to lose data so nothing is...

I've heard lots about them and I will look into the cloud too but right now I'd like to run something at home simply because I have the hardware laying around.

I decided it's time to upgrade my external hard drive to something a little more robust I have a spare HP z420 that I will use with 16gb of ram http://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/getpdf.aspx/c04111468.pdf?ver=7 I have 4x 500GB hard drives, 8x 256GB SSDs My needs are desktop backups and a place to...

I don't know why the idea of updating my NIC driver never occurred to me but it was as easy as that. I try to troubleshoot harder than I need to sometimes. Thank you Riouken!

This might be part of my issue but the bigger thing is I realized my NIC driver was from 2015...def time for an update. I will test it once I'm home but I have a good feeling about this!

I'm starting to go a little nuts trying to figure out why WoL isn't working, I've had it working before with my rig so I know it supports it. This link lists my mobo and the steps to enable it in the BIOS https://dszigeti.wordpress.com/2010/10/14/asus-p7p55d-enable-wake-on-lan-wol/ Then I've...

Awesome, thanks for the help!

I have a HP Z Turbo SSD that uses a x4 slot according to the spec sheet http://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/GetDocument.aspx?docname=c04328813 My mobo only has x16 slots Looking through this list https://www.supermicro.com/support/resources/Riser.cfm It seems like RSC-R2UG-2E4E8 is what I need but...

Just got off the phone with them and the ONT box that connects the outside to the modem has a COAX and Ethernet connection. By default the COAX is enabled and run to the modem and the ethernet is disabled. They said they can enable the ethernet port which would feed a WAN IP directly to my...

I have a Verizon FIOS modem/router Ideally I'd put it in bridge mode so that my Linksys gets the WAN IP but the modem doesn't seem to support bridge mode. What is the best way to do it so I don't have to setup port forwarding in the modem and the Linksys. Would setting up a DMZ port for the...

I ended up going with the Gigabyte G1 GTX 970 I read reviews with complaints about the AMD drivers even from the AMD forum itself, slow to update, etc. I've always had great experiences with Nvidia, my last card went on for 5+ years and is still going strong though lagging in newest AAA...

I want to upgrade my video card and I wanted to get your thoughts on the R9 380. I like the price point but wanted to know if it's worth spending more for a higher model? Also is there a big difference between pci express 3.0 and pci express 3.0 x16? Specs below

Seems like the more research I do, the harder the decision gets. I think based on the fact I'll be doing 1080p gaming the 290 will suite my needs very well. Any links to good deals out there? I found this one on newegg, but no sale or anything. Only issue people report is it seems to run very...

You guys are awesome, thanks for all this input. Well except for Nenu who seems to be salty about my red ram :/ Seems like the 390X is the way to go with the performance I'll get for the money.

What else did you want to know, what color my ram is? It's red if that helps.