Recent content by Franko

My long overdue time to upgrade has finally come and I will need a new display to go with a new video card (probably a GTX 3080 or 3090 but AMD may surprise me) and new computer. I do mostly productivity (word, excel, web browsing; I'm not a creative and don't do color work). My work/gaming...

I was hoping for an 8 core part because what I really want is more PCI Lanes and the more memory channels. Anyone think there might be an 8 core version in the future?

The thought was to be able to play remotely while I was on the traveling away from home. From the above info it seems like that won't work. Thanks for the help and info all.

I am in the middle of looking into this for a slightly more complicated project but have a few cents to throw in. As was mentioned above you can try to use steam's built in streaming feature. There is also an opensource project that takes advantage of Nvidia's streaming software that is meant to...

My current gaming machine is getting long in the tooth and I am tempted by the portability of a laptop. However, I know that portability means that I have to compromise on performance. Thus, I come to you all for your advice: Is it possible for me to have a server (currently serving NAS and...

The server variant of Ryzen (Naples) is due to be released in a few weeks. It might be worth waiting for if you can.

With a proper VDI setup in place nothing would be resident on the remote Win10 machine. The problem with this whole situation is that in all likelihood Win10 is going to be considered HIPAA compliant by OCR. However, there isn't any guidance or case law at the moment and becoming the test case...

The safest choice in your situation is to take a virtual desktop approach. Your organization will have to create and maintain the infrastructure but it will allow you to turn your remote users Win10 machines into nothing more than dumb terminals. The a client I consult for is currently...

If you are thinking of the Ubiquity switch you might want to check out a discussion regarding it in the networking section of the ServeTheHome forums.

Yes, those cards will work with the items shown in your dropbox link.

For Network Interface Cards I would look for Intel X520-DA1 cards on eBay (these are one port SFP+ cards, so are a little cheaper and use slightly less energy than the two port DA2 cards) either one works fine. If you can use cables that are less than 3 meters go with something like this...

You need network interface cards for your server and desktop that are capable of 10G via SFP+. My suggestion is two Intel X520 cards ($75 each or so on eBay). If your boxes are less than 3M from the switch you can use passive 10G twinax cables to connect the NIC's to the switch. If the cable...

Find out why they are asking. If it's just something they are doing to check off a box on their to-do list you can probably satisfy them with a relatively general overview document. They might even give you an example of what they want to see. If its a regulatory driven request (e.g., HIPAA) you...

Old hardware can be cheap but remember to pay attention to how much electricity the unit will use. If your electricity costs are high you may want something new that has high efficancy (maybe a Xeon-D setup). I also strongly suggest getting a system with remote management tools (IPMI) as it will...

Got the dgs-1510-28x. It has been great so far. Plug it in, fire up D-link included management software and away you go. Noise with the stock fan is low but noticeable. I did a fan switch to a lower rpm fan and now it is dead silent. Worked great with some generic SFP twinax cables and low power...