On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 1:00 PM Evan Leibovitch via talk <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 17 May 2019 at 11:59, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> | I'm looking to upgrade my PC that's served me well for about 8 years, >> but >> | it's starting to be unreliable and I can't upgrade the RAM beyond 4GB. >> >> Unreliable: probably not worth the effort to diagnose. >> >> Can't upgrade beyond 4G: Really? My 8-year-old desktop computers can >> do a lot better than that. What model is it? >> > > It's an old AMD-based ASUS mobo that's supposed to take more. I bought > upgrade RAM according to the docs, it was seen in the BIOS diagnostic but > the OS refuses to see it. I'm tired of throwing good hours after old ones > after reading and following every possible remedy. Enough. > > >> I like these little computers. There's not a lot of reason to add >> PCIe cards or optical drives to a computer these days. The one >> remaining need is for graphics cards. >> > > > There is an HDMI port to the Intel one as well as a Thunderbolt port to > handle Displayport video. I'll need to read up and figure what equipment > I'll need to split out 5.1 audio (with is currently done using an optical > cable). > Check your device logos. Both devices need to be specifically enabled for Displayport over USB-C. (SS) with the usb trident for Displayport. > Wasn't Thunderbird an Apple thing? > > - often only room for one "disk", 2.5" SATA, but sometimes also m.2 >> (SATA or NVMe). I like having both: a fast SSD and a larger >> capacity spinning disk. >> > > I already have a 2.5 SSD ready to be used. > > The new Intel NUCs have a capacity for something called "Optane", which > looks like fast NVRAM (16 or 32 GB) used as extended cache. I have a choice > of installing one of those, or using the M.2 slot for a conventional SSD to > hold the OS. > Optane was intended to be a cache memory to increase the performance of conventional spinning HD's under Windows OS. However, I've been booting Fedora from both a 500gb SSD and 32gb Optane Nvme as I tinker with my own desktop. Most certainly booting to a login prompt is fractionally quicker on the Nvme than on the conventional SSD. However recently I up-sized my Nvme and have populated my M.2 slots with a 250gb WD black Nvme for boot and now added an additional 1TB to the second M.2 slot with F29 still on the SSD. Copying a 100gb image to the 1TB drive really hit performance tho and that was probably due to the lack of a decent heat sink. I just ordered a hteatsink fro the internal 1TB and an external USB-C enclosure for the 32gb drive. Perhaps with the NUC form factor heat might be a problem on a larger sized Nvme but with USB-C you have wiggle room for adaptation. > There are or were other brands of NUC-like computers. Gigabyte's BRIX, >> MSI Cubi, and who knows what else. >> > > I've looked at/for many of these brands as well as the category-creator, > Shuttle. The Intel and Zotac still look best. > Thanks for your help! > > - Evan > > --- > Talk Mailing List > [email protected] > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > -- Russell
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