I’m still alive too. I’ve been around since it was Toms OC group :) My machine is seriously like 6-8 years old at this point, but I rarely use it. I’d LOVE to build a new one, but just no need yet. I’ll rebuild my home server farm first 😂
I’m out at Blackhat/DEFCON for the 12th year :) if you all are out here, send me a note :) Julian (Sabre) Sent from my iThingy, but not in that iShortBus kind of way. > On Aug 9, 2019, at 6:25 AM, Christopher Fisk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I went the opposite way a bit back. I had a motherboard with 8 SATA & 2 > NVMe, so I went ahead and threw together a storage spaces setup with 8 > Spinning drives to complement my NVMe boot drive. it's still pretty much > overkill for anything though. > >> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 8:22 AM Brian Weeden <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I have a Synology server on my network as the main fileserver and have >> stuck with 1gbps (albeit two ports at once). I don't have any real use >> cases for faster, at least not yet. >> >> >> --------- >> Brian >> >> >> >>> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 2:19 PM Z Vaper <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I have 3 wires devices at home. My VM server, unraid server and my >> desktop >>> and all 3 are 10gbps. The difference is substantial and unraid handles it >>> well provided you're using a caching drive. >>> On Aug 9, 2019, 8:17 AM -0400, Steve Tomporowski <[email protected]>, >>> wrote: >>>> Has anyone gotten into 10G ethernet? A little pricey but is it worth >> it? >>>> Right now I don't know if Unraid can handle that. There is the thought >>>> that Win10 will just goof it up and waste the bandwidth. >>>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 3:18 AM James Boswell <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Userbenchmark isn't without utility, but it should be noted that >>> they've >>>>> just recently rebalanced their cpu performance reporting in a really >>> silly >>>>> way, basically massively understating the performance of >4 core cpus >>> by >>>>> making cores above the 4th 2% of the weight of the score, so by their >>>>> current metrics an i3 can be preferable to a like, 28 core xeon... >>> Which... >>>>> Just no. >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, 9 Aug 2019, 08:09 Brian Weeden, <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> It's alive! >>>>>> >>>>>> I actually did a rebuild of my main machine at the end of last year >>>>>> (i8700k, Asus Z370-Prime, GTX 1080 SC) and learned the hard way >> about >>>>> DDR4 >>>>>> incompatibilities when filling all four RAM slots. >>>>>> >>>>>> BTW, if you haven't seen it yet, this is a great site for comparing >>>>> various >>>>>> builds: >>>>>> https://www.userbenchmark.com >>>>>> >>>>>> But when it came to my kids' gaming machines, I just bought a pair >> of >>>>> Dell >>>>>> Inspiron desktops because they were the same price as what I could >>> have >>>>>> built myself and just less hassle. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have found myself getting more into networking gear. I recently >>> rebuild >>>>>> my home network using Unifi gear from Ubiquity (including switches, >>> APs, >>>>>> and POE cameras) and that has proven to be very rewarding. The gear >>> is >>>>> much >>>>>> more customization and powerful than most consumer networking gear. >>>>>> >>>>>> --------- >>>>>> Brian >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 3:12 AM Tim Lider <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I've been a part of the list since 95 or 96. I remember when we >>> have >>>>> the >>>>>>> get together in Vegas that year when ComDEX was happening. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Those were the days, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Tim Lider >>>>>>> Red Belt Arnis de Mano >>>>>>> https://www.facebook.com/CardenasArnis >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> From: Hardware <[email protected]> On >>> Behalf Of >>>>>>> didymus7 >>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, August 8, 2019 3:46 PM >>>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [H] List seems dead these days? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> When did the list begin? I've only been here since '95. Not sure >>> what >>>>>>> month. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 8/8/2019 4:53 PM, Scott Sipe wrote: >>>>>>>> I'm embarrassed to say my last serious build was an i7-4970 >> and a >>>>>>>> Geforce970 (and also embarrassed I had to look up in my email >> to >>> see >>>>>>>> when that was -- 2014!). I do have an itch to try out AMD >> again. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I put together a small AMD system a year or so ago with my >>> son--who >>>>> is >>>>>>>> now 9. I think I first joined the HWG when I was around 13 or >> 14 >>>>> (does >>>>>>>> anybody remember when the list started?). Now THAT'S scary. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Great to see so many people still around. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Scott >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 9:01 PM Thane K. Sherrington < >>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Anyone else getting double posts? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 07/08/2019 9:58 p.m., Thane K. Sherrington wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Yeah, those were the days. :) >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> T >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On 07/08/2019 3:16 p.m., Christopher Fisk wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Gone are the days of getting a 50% overclock out of a >>> slocket'ed >>>>>>>>>>> Celeron 300a malaysia. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 1:37 PM Joshua MacCraw < >>> [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Is there an issue at my end or is the list faded? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>> >>
