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That would probably work, but the goal is to also minimize the number of cables and things that need to be plugged in, hence the USB-C screens in the first place. A small docking station that doesn't weight almost 4 lbs is probably the way to go to power the laptop and everything else. I've...

So arnbju is right about display link. It works if you install a driver from Asus website. So I tried this device: Amazon.com: StarTech.com 4 Port USB C Hub w/ 2X USB A & 2X USB C - SuperSpeed 10Gbps USB Type-C 3.1/3.2 Gen 2 Hub - USB Bus Powered - Portable USB-C to USB Adapter Hub - Aluminum -...

I tried the microsoft travel adapter hub. Didn't work, not even with one screen. Really unfortunate given how small it is it would have been perfect. My whole travel setup with my laptop, 2 screens, keyboard, mouse and cables is only 11 lbs. 4 lbs of that is from the surface dock 2! Not to...

Daisy chaining display-port would be ideal, but my Asus screens don't support it. I'm not even sure if you can do Daisy Chain MST with USB-C screens? If so I would need to buy all new travel screens which would suck, but maybe worth it. I really want to stick with USB-C monitors if I can, they...

Hi everyone, I have a surface go laptop with one usb-c port. I purchased 2 Asus portable monitors which connect power+display using USB-C. This setup is for work travel, so being light and nimble is paramount. The problem I have is that my surface go only has one USB-C port. What I'd really...

I'm using this one. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816215212 The size is perfect. Its deep enough to fit my 2 Supermicro SC743 boxes with a few more inches clearance for cables and no more. Fits nicely in a small apartment next to my desk. I didn't want something super...

I've been running with the Atom C2758 board for over a month now and no issues. It is overkill for basic routing but I like to know that I have plenty of room to play with new features and not run into hardware limitations. Having 32GB of ram actually helps a lot. I setup a squid cache and my...

I would definitely suggest using HDMI from your computer. In terms of sound quality, the Digital to Analog conversion will almost certainly be better in the receiver. You're also much less likely to have interference over a single digital HDMI link as you would with 7 or 8 analog cables. I...

Futureproof for what exactly...? And why 750 in particular? Future hardware tends to consume less power not more...

I recommend just using vpn clients on your devices. Then you can just connect to hotel wifi, cellular data, coffee shop wifi or whatever. You don't need to haul around this extra device and complicate your setup. I just got OpenVPN setup on my pfsense router and its really great. I can login to...

In my opinion, for a high end audio setup the only thing your on-board soundcard should do is provide digital out. All analog conversions and amplification should be done via external components which will do it better than a soundcard ever could. The ideal setup is something like this going...

This is the kind of answer I was hoping for, which confirmed my suspicions. Even the Atom is overkill and so fretting over the Xeon, paying more, and trying to solve all of these noise problems just doesn't seem worth it. There's a lot of people on STH playing with heatsinks and larger cases on...

Are you absolutely sure that the thermal requirements for the Xeon-D platform are equivalent? Its a more powerful cpu, more powerful memory, more stuff onboard like the 10gb interface. All that doesn't add to the heating requirements? I'm assuming SuperMicro put those 3 fans in the case for a...

Hi everyone, I've finally come to realize how sh**ty consumer grade routers and custom firmware like dd-wrt are. Long story short I tried to upgrade my current router with a new Linksys WRT3200ACM which was advertised as "ddwrt ready". Trying to get it working with dd-wrt was a complete...

My motherboard is not micro-atx. I'm just replacing the case, not building a whole new system. I just ordered this Chenbro RM423000: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811123153 Seems like a slightly better quality build than the Rosewill, at least from what reviews say.

I'm considering changing my whole setup to a small rack to organize the space and cleanup cable mess. I have my server gear and my gaming box all sitting together on the floor, with network switch, ups, and other stuff to go with it. Can anyone recommend a good 4u case for a windows gaming pc...

Does anyone have a recommendation for a floor rack? The use would be to store a few servers and some networking gear. Something only about desk height or less. Preferably with wheels so I can easily move it out from the wall to do maintenance. Thanks!

I would not recommend using a dedicated sound card unless you have very specific needs, such as professional audio development. If you want better sound quality or a good headphone amp you should get an external device or device(s). They will almost always give you better sound quality...

gparted live usb or cd. Copy the whole partition to the new drive, and then expand it to fill the extra space. Easy.

Are you speaking about the floorstanding units or the rackmounts? I've got an SMT1500, non-rackmount sitting below my desk. The fan is always running but its completely inaudible. If the rackmount version was the same for noise level, I'd buy one for my entertainment system. Either SUA1500RM2U...

My current pair of 1080p monitors were purchased new in 2010. Still going strong.

In general this is true but I think there are a some things coming very soon that will having lasting effects. Most importantly 4k @ >=120hz, and HDR. After 4k, I don't think you can make much an argument for investing in higher resolutions. 8k is excessive and probably doesn't provide much of...

Now this is something that's worth waiting for: http://www.anandtech.com/show/10732/ceatec-2016-sharp-showcases-27-inch-8k-120hz-igzo-monitor-with-hdr-also-1000-ppi-for-vr Not that i care about 8k, but if they can do 8k @ 120hz, then certainly 4k @ 120hz is possible.

If I were looking for 24" for office use I'd get this NEC monitor. Good deal on provantage right now. http://www.provantage.com/nec-display-solutions-ea245wmi-bk~7NECL0M9.htm

I wanted to make a discussion about this in particular because it makes little sense to me and I want to understand why. In particular, I want to know why almost every display has to be a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio? This aspect ratio is optimized for movies and games. That fine, but last time...

I would think gaming so close to a 55" screen could be sub-optimal as a lot of the action make not stay within your peripheral vision.

I've been in the market for upgrading my screens. After doing a lot of research I think I'm going to hold off for the moment and stick to my 10 year old dual 1080p screens for now. Right now in early 2017 it seems like bad time to make a long term investment in an expensive high quality...

I'm usually about 2.5' in front of it. Wall mounting it could maybe achieve up to 3'. I looked at a 28" screen with 4k resolution today with no scaling in windows 10. I was able to see things fine. 43" and 48" is pretty massive for a desktop, but that makes a lot of sense if you want to...

Yes, I went to a local store today and compared the different resolutions of similar screens. 4k even with display scaling turned off is perfectly readable and allows for a ton of screen real estate. Also I think theres no comparison for looking at 4k content, phots and videos. 4k it is.

I'm trying to decide between 2 screens: 1. 32", 4K resolution, 16:9 (3840x2160) 2. 30", 2k resolution, 16:10 (2560x1600) The use case is mostly for work. Possibly light gaming and watching movies, but most of the time that happens on the tv. TL;DR: Which of these 2 options would you choose...

I've made a complete 180 and am now looking at a single 30" or 32" NEC PA302W or NEC PA322UHD. The PA302W has that coveted 16:10 aspect ratio at 1440p. The PA322UHD is a full 4k UHD, and its large enough where 16:10 doesn't matter anymore. These are extremely high end photographer screens. But...

Hi everyone, I'm working on making a new setup with either 2 big (~27") screens or 3 (24") smaller ones. This setup is mostly for working at home, with the possibility of occasional gaming or movie watching. I want screens with ultra-thin bezels, so that they can be close together. The first...

So I've got a crazy idea which probably won't work, but I wanted to ask. I want to get a 2u rackmount UPS for my home theater system. Rackmount simply because I want something rectangular in a horizontal configuration that will fit nicely in the bottom shelf of my entertainment stand. Floor...

Why are you looking to go external? In terms of speed and reliability, it doesn't get better than directly using the internal SATA ports on the motherboard or a SATA/SAS pci-express card. I would go internal. Adding external connections is just adding complexity (i.e more points of failure) to...

zfs scrub finished in 2 hours 40 minutes with the new array. Not bad at all.. That's with about 9.7 tb of data spread across several zfs file systems on the pool. I used SirMaster's suggested recordsize only on the zfs filesystem that stores large video files and this filesystem uses only 3.5...

I started looking around August of 2016. I was able to get 7 of them at $399.99 from Newegg using email promo codes over time. I paid the regular $429.99 for the last one in December as I wanted to get to work setting up the new box. 10TB's are more expensive, but you can get more with less...

Here's a great example of how much you can achieve in 2017 with a simple setup. Storage: 60TB usable / 80TB Total - 8 10TB drives in a raidz2 vdev Case: Supermicro 743TQ-1200B-SQ PSU: Supermicro PWS-1K25P-PQ Motherboard: Supermico X11SAT-F CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1245 v5 @ 3.50GHz...

So after being a bit more realistic about my storage requirements, I've settled on 8 seagate ironwolf 10tb disks in a raidz2. It affords me 50TB of usable space in zfs. I figure this will last me at least 5 years and by then if I need more space there will be bigger disks available. I save money...

Isn't RAIDZ3 slower than RAIDZ2? In that case you could get more performance out of raidz2 with a hot spare instead of raidz3 without sacrificing any storage space. Also the hot spare would spend all of its life idle so later on when it is put into use, in theory it will be like a new drive.

So I just upgraded my box to FreeBSD 11 which also happens to use the new vt console driver over the older syscons by default. The vt driver uses graphical mode instead of text mode, and because of that the cheap vga to hdmi adapter I have now works perfectly at least once the OS is booted.