That looks like an excellent machine and the best part is that in a year
or 2 if you want a faster system AMD likes to use the same CPU socket
for the majority of their processors and over multiple years, so you can
drop their current flagship processor into that came machine and have a
much much faster computer.
That's also a good machine since the processor that Stephen chose has a
built in GPU that is almost certainly more powerful than your current GPU.
Brian
On 7/18/20 7:47 AM, Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss wrote:
Just an idea and ballpark cost.
On Sat, Jul 18, 2020, 6:11 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
yeah? I was planning on doing the enclosure thing powered separately.
As for whether my USBs are 1 or 2 lshw|grep us seems to indicate I
only have USB2. But you know what they say.... play with what you
have!
*-usb:0
*-usbhost
bus info: usb@1
logical name: usb1
capabilities: usb-2.00
*-usb
bus info: usb@1:1
capabilities: usb-2.00
*-usb:1
*-usbhost
bus info: usb@2
logical name: usb2
capabilities: usb-2.00
*-usb
bus info: usb@2:1
capabilities: usb-2.00
*-usb:0
bus info: usb@2:1.4
capabilities: bluetooth usb-2.00
configuration: driver=btusb speed=12Mbit/s
*-usb:1
bus info: usb@2:1.7
capabilities: usb-2.00
*-usb:0
bus info: usb@2:1.7.2
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=100mA
speed=2Mbit/s
*-usb:1
bus info: usb@2:1.7.3
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=98mA
speed=2Mbit/s
*-usb:2
bus info: usb@2:1.7.4
capabilities: usb-2.00 scsi emulated
scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
maxpower=100mA speed=480Mbit/s
On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 4:21 AM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> It's a good idea, however I don't think a NUC will have a big enough
> power supply to support that many hard drives. If you could get
that
> many attached to it, it would probably cause the hard drive to fail
> rather quickly on a NUC. You would need to get some sort of
external
> USB attached hard drive enclosure with it's own power supply to
make it
> work right. I would only do that if your NUC has USB3 and the
enclosure
> also is USB3. USB2 would just make your storage painfully slow.
>
> An NVMe is a new kind of SSD that is essentially attached
directly to a
> mini PCIe port. Since it can be accessed at PCIe speeds it
isn't bottle
> necked by the SATA bus, so the read speeds are in gigabytes per
second.
> Or in other words it makes everything hard drive related happen
> instantly. Boot times are usually less that 2 to 3 seconds. Login
> times are virtually instant. When you first get one, you will
tell your
> computer to reboot and then wonder why al lt did was logout
until you
> realize that it completely shut down and rebooted to the login
screen in
> less time than your old computer could just logout.
>
> Brian Cluff
>
> On 7/18/20 12:35 AM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> > Thanks Brian. The hard drive is actually only 5yo with 2 years
of use.
> > What is a NVMe? What do you think about what I';m thinking
about doing
> > with the NUC?
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 3:29 AM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
> > <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >> You'll need RAM too... didn't see that in the list.
> >>
> >> I would also make sure that you get a motherboard that has a
place for
> >> at least 1 NVMe. Then I would recommend that you get at
least one
> >> NVMe. It doesn't have to be huge, but if you can put at
least your OS
> >> on the NVMe, it will make your whole machine feel 50 times
faster than
> >> if you keep using a 10 year old hard drive.... Trust me, it
will be
> >> worth every cent to get it.
> >>
> >> I would also recommend getting an AMD machine right now. You
can get a
> >> whole lot more for your money right now with AMD.
> >>
> >> BTW What's the price range you are looking at spending?
> >>
> >> Brian Cluff
> >>
> >> On 7/17/20 11:11 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> >>> I think I figured out what I want to do..... I'm going to buy a
> >>> chassis, motherboard, CPU, and power supply and then
frankenstein the
> >>> hard drive, the wireless card, and the video card from the
old machine
> >>> (got to do this as cheaply as I can). What else could I
frankenstein?
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 10:25 PM Michael <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >>>> Wellp, I am going to do something I never have done
before..... I'm
> >>>> going to get a new computer. Well I think I'll have one put
> >>>> together.... I'll put it together. Where would go to get a
chassis and
> >>>> motherboard then I'll put all of the other guts in. Is such
an animal
> >>>> in existence?I thought of another NUC but they aren't like
what they
> >>>> were. Should I wait until black Friday and get a windows
machine in the sales?
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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