Recent content by MrCrispy

Don't have Microcenter near me. Looking to use an old case, psu. Used is ok too, I looked on ebay but didn't see much. My budget is <$300. Is it possible to get a modern cpu/chipset with that. e.g. Intrel 12th gen, maybe b660/670? AMD is also fine. I won't be adding a gpu, iGpu is fine.

So I had an idea. SuperMicro makes a JBOD motherboard - CSE-PTJBOD-CB2 for this use case, but its ~$50 and it only has 2 fan headers, no other features. the CB3 version of that with IPMI etc goes for $200+. Instead, could I use something like this - https://www.ebay.com/itm/203591158474...

yup, its a X8DTE-F mobo with 2x Xeon L5630 cpu's. At the time I picked this since these were low power versions. Also upgraded PSU to the SQ version. Haven't really had a chance to use this much, life happened, had to move etc. Today it seems underpowered and a power hog, esp with dual cpus and...

this is a pic of the current server. It looks like its using 2 cables from the LSI to the backplane, so maybe I should use 2. The PCI adapters to convert the 8i will cost ~$20 and I can get a used LSI 9205/9207-8e for not much more, maybe thats a better option? I would also need to remove the...

thanks. About the bandwidth, am I right that a single 8087 cable supports upto 24Gbps (4 lanes) via SAS2? Thats 3000MB/s so with all 24 drives, thats 125MB/s with all drives in parallel theoretical max bandwidth? That should be more than enough for most practical usage? With 2 connectors it...

I want to use a SuperMicro 24 bay chassis as a DAS. It will be used with a server on which I want to use unRaid. The specs are as follows - SuperMicro: 846E16-R1200B chassis BPN-SAS2-846EL1 backplane it also came with a LSI 9223-8i card server: HP Elitedesk 800 G4 SFF I'm new to these things...

Why did Google remove the IR camera + face unlock they had in Pixel 4? It seems it was as good or better than FaceID? Is it just the usual Google indecision?

in what way? I just looked up specs, 6t has a 6.4" screen, was that too big?

no, I like the extra size, honestly would've like the 7 Pro but it costs too much. do you keep 'always on display' on? I had to turn it off as it was causing about 15-20% more battery drain over a day. Without the AOD do you need to hit power button and then use the front screen fp sensor...

Another option is just to get the refurb Pixel 5 (for ~$130) and keep that !! I'm sure it will be a decent upgrade and it will still get Android 14 this year at least. How big is an upgrade from P5->P7 (not counting size, I don't mind larger screen) ? Is it worth the $160 for upgrade to P7? I...

I'm using a 2 XL I bought a few years ago, honestly the phone still runs great but it has had no updates since 2020. I saw that Google is offering a $320 credit for Pixel 5, and I saw a great deal on a refurb P5 on ebay which I can use. How big of an upgrade will this be? I'm considering it...

I used to build my own pc's like most enthusiasts, it was a fun hobby. Then I got busy with life and moved all gaming to consoles, ~5 years I got a Dell XPS on one of their really good sales (which end up costing almost less than parts) and its still running great, but I'm looking to upgrade. I...

Sony is not a software company. It works out in their favor for most of their product lines - I don't wany yet another skin for Android etc or like their tv's like mentioned ^. My guess is the team who built the software API for PS5 is different and backcompat was not a design goal due to time...

Who knows at this point, its not really upto them. Honestly a new game console is pretty far down on list of things I'm worried about - lots of people will be losing their jobs, economy is tanking, and of curse your health.

I don't expect PS3 emulation. PS3 played PS2 games by basically including a PS2 inside fat PS3, no one wants that. MS did herculean efforts to emulate OG Xbox and 360 on XB1. Sony doesn't have technical expertise or resources for that. But all PS4 games should work day 1, none of this 'top 100...