New Computer build 2015

[king3pj]

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Which GPUs did you go with? Also, I may be missing something but I don't see the SLI bridge attached between the two GPUs.

 

[harshness]

Thunderbolt for non-Mac types was never a thing and Apple is accelerating away from it. Look for USB-C to come into the spotlight.

I think new floor coverings may be a better investment.

 

[Magic Static]

Which GPUs did you go with? Also, I may be missing something but I don't see the SLI bridge attached between the two GPUs.

You can't SLI when you have four displays GTX750i s a pair I went with these because of UHD support

 

[Foxbat]

Thunderbolt for non-Mac types was never a thing and Apple is accelerating away from it. Look for USB-C to come into the spotlight.

I would disagree. We have some high-end HP portable workstations (i.e., 17" notebooks) that came equipped with actual Thunderbolt ports. I was able to use an Apple Gigabit Ethernet Thunderbolt dongle on the HP as a test and it worked (but in typical Windows fashion, after we downloaded the driver for it). The notebook did have built-in Gigabit Ethernet so it wasn't really necessary, but it was more to prove the point.

I do agree with you about USB-C, however. With Intel's Thunderbolt 3 using the USB type-C connector, Apple (and anyone else) can keep the built-in Thunderbolt support in the Intel chip sets and support multiple peripheral interface technologies through a single connector. There are a ton of things that Thunderbolt (effectively PCI-e over a serial connection) can do that USB 3+ can't.

For 90% of the user base, USB is the answer. It's everywhere, it's affordable, and it's "fast" enough for them. But when users like Don start throwing around 4K uncompressed video stream in their non-linear editing suites, they will appreciate the smooth, non interrupted delivery available over Thunderbolt interfaces. It doesn't matter if it's a Dell, Lenovo, HP, or Apple.

 

[harshness]

Here's one of the articles that "theorizes" that Thunderbolt is on the way out for Apple:

http://appleinsider.com/articles/15...-c-for-its-all-new-12-inch-macbook-and-beyond

 

[mike123abc]

http://www.macrumors.com/2015/06/02/intel-thunderbolt-3-usb-c-displayport-1-2/
http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/02/thunderbolt-3-usb-c/

Intel of course launches thunderbolt 3 that can be put on the usb-c port

 

[Magic Static]

Having two video cards has restricted my access to the other PCIe slots. There are six slots on the board. The bottom slot is deactivated because I'm using the M.2 SSD port. Each double decker card uses a PCIe x16 slot and covers the only two PCIe x1 slots. That leaves one PCIe x16 slot available and anything in that slot will restrict airflow to the top video card fan. I thought I would be OK with using USB tuners for the HTPC portion, but the USB tuners were terrible. So I bought some PCIe x1 extension cables. I put the ATSC tuner in the one accessible slot and am monitoring heat issues that may come up. I remotely mounted the DVBS2 tuner using the cable. So far it's good