Windows 10: Need help with my 5.1 setup.

Hey all! I haven't had full 5.1 on my PC in over 4 years, and its driving me crazy. At one point I thought it was because of the Windows Preview Program, but it's still not working.



Specs

Motherboard: Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3

GPU: Geforce GTX 1070

Monitor: Samsung UN55RU8000FXZA 55" 4k TV (2019)

Receiver: Pioneer VSX-324-K-P

Any help would be appreciated, whether that's a link to something I need to buy, or tips on some kind of hardware/software issue I'm having. This problem is driving me crazy. Thanks ahead of time!

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I suggest the following simple steps:

1. Set the autosave options in MS Office to a low value say 5 minutes.
2. Setup file history to autosave frequently - the shortest period is 5 mins
3. Install Macrium Reflect Free and configure it to do a daily incremental system backup

You should be well covered if you do the above to protect your key files.

 

Is it possible to easily setup Raid-1 on this system ?

Get the six core CPU's I listed, at 3.3Ghz per core they will more than handle any calculations you throw at them for years to come, and with matching RAM in tri channel you will have a very strong setup.


My only other suggestion is a full RAID card like the one I listed with SSD's (in RAID 1)for the OS and programs, and then a RAID 5 array for backup and any large files on the board with a offsite final backup

 

Is it possible to easily setup Raid-1 on this system ?

Thank you so much.

Dell system I am buying as a back has Xeon E5645 2.2 GHz & 12 GB ECC RAM

They don't offer Xeon W3680 that you suggested

So would that be good enough ?

Thanks