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    Options for keeping AM4 going for 3+ more years?

    Well crap, when I upgraded from the 3700X I went back and forth between the 5900X and the 5800X3D. Ultimately the 5900X was a little cheaper and I thought "more cores better". MC has the 5700X3D for $180, so I could replace the 3700X while keeping the 5900X and just roll with the boards and...
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    Options for keeping AM4 going for 3+ more years?

    I may have missed the boat here, but I'm considering my options for extending the life of my X470 / 5900X build. Ideally I'd like to get a nice decade out of the system in some manner, so keeping the 5900X until 2028 or beyond (cheating a bit as I got the board and a 1700X in 2018, but let's see...
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    [DEAD] HGST Ultrastar DC HC520 12TB SATA Enterprise HDD - $80 "Refurbished" (goHardDrive via ebay)

    The general idea is that these have been chugging away in a data center somewhere for a few years so have therefore proven their reliability (failed drives would have been removed already) and based on MTBF still have years of life left. I believe they've been swapped out as part of preventative...
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    [DEAD] HGST Ultrastar DC HC520 12TB SATA Enterprise HDD - $80 "Refurbished" (goHardDrive via ebay)

    I've got 5 of these 12TB HGST drives from goharddrive. 2 have been working fine since this summer in an NVR and I've got 3 tested and waiting to go into a DIY NAS I am still working on. I'd like to pick up another 1 or 2 drives but I'm being cheap and hoping the price comes back down to the ~74$...
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    Fiber is a coming.

    I'm in a similar boat, but not very far along homelab-wise. Supposed to be getting fiber in the next month or two but will probably stick with 1Gbps for the near future. In preparation I upgraded my pfsense box to a little HP Elitedesk 705 and added an intel X550T2 which should cover all the way...
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    Refurbished: HGST Ultrastar He12 HUH721212ALE601 0F29596 12TB 7.2K RPM Power Disable SATA 6Gb/s 3.5" HDD $83

    Appreciate everyone's experiences in this and the 10TB thread. Good to hear that the RMA experience has been positive when needed. I picked up an NVR recently and started looking for storage. 8TB purples/golds are running $200+ each then stumbled on these used 12TB HGSTs. Got two for $176, did...
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    AMD Ryzen 7000 Series Reviews

    Another vote for watching from the sideline. 7000 series is faster, but hot, hot, hot🥵! I recently upgraded from 3700X to 5900X to stick with a good chip from an established (yeah, EOL too) platform.
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    EVGA will no longer do business with NVIDIA

    It's most certainly a combination of many things. Kudos to Jensen for being diplomatic, but the way Andrew made the announcement I don't really see the two as "great friends" anymore.
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    EVGA will no longer do business with NVIDIA

    Yeah, but if that's all there was to it why didn't Andrew Han just come out and say that? Why not just issue a press release and move on? Why invite the youtoobers out to CA to stir up a bunch of drama?
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    NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang hints at ‘exciting’ next-generation GPU update on September 20th Tuesday

    Bling-Bling! I went the pragmatic route and just used some black lego to address the little bit of sag from the 3080Ti.
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    NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang hints at ‘exciting’ next-generation GPU update on September 20th Tuesday

    These 4000 series cards are so freaking big that we're going to go full circle- time to turn your case on it's side and plant your monitor on the top again just like your old Packard Bell 386.
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    NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang hints at ‘exciting’ next-generation GPU update on September 20th Tuesday

    There are a lot of adults out there that could stand to repeat kindergarten a few more times...
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    EVGA will no longer do business with NVIDIA

    I won't pretend I understand how to run a business, but, like a lot of things in life, I don't think you can point to any single reason here why EVGA gave up GPU's. After reading for a few days now, here's my take (on thread page 11, heh). No doubt I've missed multiple somethings...
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    EVGA will no longer do business with NVIDIA

    There is a more-or-less official acknowledgment of the news in their forums by JacobF: https://forums.evga.com/Official-Message-from-EVGA-Management-m3574574.aspx And here's the first write-up I could find for those like me who are video-adverse...
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    EVGA will no longer do business with NVIDIA

    Right, what's going on? EVGA went straight to Jay-Z and Tech Jeebus directly without an official announcment? This is crazy.
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