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I agree with this as well. With 8GB of ram and an SSD, an FX 4300 should have no trouble at all loading Windows and apps like chrome. There shouldn't be any perceivable difference. Not even going as far back as the Core2Quads. They still ought to make for decent office workstations.

Wait, he didn't mention what resolution he games at or what type of games he plays. If he's an esports player, it could make a difference.

I was waiting to see if I could get a 5600X for my Asrock B350 board, but it doesn't look like they'll be releasing a bios that unlocks Zen 3 for the B350 line (They've already done it for the X370 boards). I settled for an R7 3800X from an R7 1700X. Performance is still very good.

It's 600+ miles BOTH ways. Idk, it's hard to imagine the drive being worth it. I hate traveling and the price of gas continues to soar higher every day. Even if I get the deal of the century, I'll end up no better off than buying the same damn thing at a best buy.

I just checked. I live in south FL. I'd have to drive 600+ miles all the way to the nearest state (GA) just to visit one. No thanks.

Yeah, those are the sorts of things I was referring to. I didn't mean to be dismissive of legacy apps running on XP in a VM. It makes sense for someone to use it that way.

Well, I actually don't remember what all I tried, but I realized many everyday applications didn't work (like chrome). I'll concede if you run XP in a VM for specific legacy apps then it should be perfectly serviceable. The machine I tried it on was an old OEM unit with the original windows XP...

I remember several years ago trying to use Windows XP. It wasn't pretty. Hardly anything runs on it. I'm guessing you're doing this as part of a challenge or interesting YouTube project.

Am I the only one who suspects that the 5800x3d will be sold out for months and that there's no chance in hell anyone gets it at less than $599 due to demand? They scrapped an entire series and replaced it with only one chip. There's no way they can keep it in stock. I'm guessing most would be...

So I tried out mining for a bout a month which netted about $70 bucks worth of bitcoin; however, I eventually opted to sell the GPU before it's too late to capitalize on the current prices. Even if prices don't come back down to normal, I doubt a second hand reference RX Vega 56 will be worth...

Well the good news is that I figured out the problem. When I placed "pause" at the end of the script, I discovered that it wasn't recognizing teamredminer.exe as a valid file. That's when I remembered that I had been running the batch file as administrator as well which automatically runs from...

I modified the bat, but nothing is launching, so I'm guessing I did something wrong. Care to look it over? I've already set "teamredminer.exe" to run as administrator via properties. The US ethash pool address is one I got from here :: These environment variables should be set to for the...

That'll be my next stop because I've been having one HELL of a time trying to get your values to stick in either MSI After Burner or the built-in Radeon Software tuning feature. I settled with using the "under-volt" preset until I figure a better solution out. I'm guessing both have to be...

Thanks. I got it from here...it turns out they used an Nvidia 1070 illustration for what was supposed to be instructions for a Vega 56. Anyways, I'm heading your advice and I've paused the miner for now until I've got all the parameters in correctly. I also needed to update the driver anyways.

Thanks for the response. I'll try it out. I found a website that says I should set: Core Clock: +100 Memory Clock: +600 Power Limit: 80 I'll start with that.

Wait...were you asking me? I don't have either of those cards. I've got a Vega 56, RX 580, and GT 710....but I'm also looking for new card.

Alright, I've got a basic setup running. I'm surprised at the level of automation that's been devised. Some of the steps he (video poster) mentioned has already been simplified further. I installed all the miners (plugins) then ran the benchmark and I guess it decided itself which to run because...

I'll probably give it a try. I've got an open-air test bench in the living room with a complete setup made of scrap parts installed onto it. I guess I could install my Vega on it for experimentation because I don't trust this mining business enough to involve my main rig. It works out because...

I knew someone would say that... I have ZERO experience with mining. Some might say learning how to mine for such purposes might be an overcomplication in and of itself, but I'm curious how many else think this is a good idea.

I don't expect prices to come down soon. I can wait about a yr or so.

My 580 only has 4GB. I figure I can still manage with older titles like Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Control, and Shadow of War, right?

1. Right now I'm playing only Destiny 2 on PC. I've been pre-occupied with PS4 classics lately as well. Right now I'm going through Horizon Zero Dawn for console. On PC, I plan on continuing Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Control, and Middle-earth: Shadow of War. 2. My thinking was that I'd be ready...

I've got a Vega 56 and a GT 710 in my main Ryzen desktop and I've got an RX 580 in my HTPC. I was thinking of taking advantage of the GPU pricing situation by selling my Vega 56 for cash and then use the money to buy a better graphics card when/if the prices come back to normal. I figure I could...

I've got a normal 2.5' HDD. I went ahead and used an adhesive/tape/gel hybrid material (the same one I linked to above). I can tell you with certainty that that HDD won't be going anywhere. If anything, it might have worked too well. it might prove difficult to remove, but I think it can be...

How about something like this?

I've got an old laptop off of Ebay that didn't include a HDD or it's bracket. Is there a method of securing a HDD to its laptop port without the HDD bracket/caddy? Would you recommend using tape or some sort of adhesive tack? I've done some research but there doesn't seem to be any conventional...

Subscribe to Geforce Now until prices and availability improve. You'll be able to play all your games on steam, origin, Uplay, Epic etc. There's a little input delay, but otherwise it's a perfectly viable solution. I actually think this use case is the PERFECT application of cloud gaming.

The uplift you are seeking would be better served with your 3700x + an RTX 3090 or wait for the Radeon 6900XT

Sounds fair enough. I only asked as an educational exercise because, given my use case, I couldn't conceive of needing to dedicate an entire PC build for a file server as the most demand I ever place on my network storage would be an occasional Bluray Rip, Steam Backup, or system image transfer...

I'm curious. What are the advantages of re-purposing an x86 desktop as a file server instead of Just using a NAS, Rasberry Pi, or plugging an ext storage drive into the router?

Well it isn't there anymore. I'd assume those would be under NDA so he probably got in trouble.

Time is a component of wealth. It's not about how much you can spend or earn, it's the rate that's important. You may not be able to afford a $20,000 vehicle now, but you can over the span of 8 or 10 yrs. That's because you get to leverage your future income in addition to your available...

Correct. What's stopping them from charging at both ends? "Oh, you want to stream your popular content to our customers? Ok, that'll be $$$$$$$$....Oh and you there, you thought you could shortchange us by cutting cable and streaming netflix and hulu instead? LOL, that'll be $$$ more per...

If everyone took time to rigorously vet their sources of info like this we'd be much better off as a society.

I strongly suspect trolling.

I think the 7950 is within the range of an RX 560 - GTX 1050 ti. Because of the Crypto-inflation, I'd go Nvidia. AMD cards have really been jacked up because of mining.

Well I finally got got a vega card and i'm trying to recoup some of the cost buy selling my old 7950. Hopefully prices don't fall too quickly...I want to get at least $125.

1070 ti

Especially gtx 1070s, 1080s, and rx 580s.

Go ahead. He must be crazy if he thinks anyone will buy that now. I'm already lowballing them. It's about time we let these miner's know...#timesup!