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Hi, I have a custom built NAS however, the case I currently use for it is a Thermaltake Core V1 mini. Unfortinetly it's very loud and I'm just using the standard fan and a stock cooler for my CPU. I was thinking of putting it in my cabinet that has a large hole in the back for I assume cable management but that could probably be stupid for system temps/health. Any ideas? Thank you.

No worries, thank you. I'll just have to keep an eye on prices and hopefully get lucky haha.

Hi, My girlfriend's MacBook display has been damaged and I was looking online for a replacement. I've noticed that they're quite expensive and have seen that the 2013 displays are significantly less expensive. I've looked online and apparently the connections have changed a little during generations however, I think it's just little things such as web cam and light sensor? Would I be able to use a older model display on a 2015 MacBook Pro? Thanks!

It was mainly just for file transfer e.g. clips from a pc locally. I have an overkill network switch already as i got a very good deal on it. I was hoping to use an SSD for timeline scrubbing too but was mainly so there would be no bottle neck for performance when editing or transfering files if i decide to edit locally (pc ssd).

Fair enough. Is there any of achieving abouts 500mbs ish? I understand that'll be impossible with HDDs (unless in RAID i suppose) hence why I thought SSD would be appropriate.

Hi, Thanks for the reply that's good advice. I plan on getting the parts in a couple of months or something and some 2nd hand. In terms of network adapter, probably not however, I thought it would be better for speed and load balancing since I'd like to use the ssd for caching purposes.

Hi, I currently own a Synology DS213J+ NAS I'm looking for something a little more powerful to run vms on and edit video off etc... I've came up with a PC part picker list. Please ignore the CPU choice it's a little over kill as it's for my PC as I'm using the one out of there. Link Any advice or changes? Thanks!

Hey, I have the "original' amazon echo and I've just received a new router since my old one broke. I've pressed the reset button with a pin since it wouldn't let me change the wifi network in the app. The device is in setup mode and when I go to connect to it on the wifi network so I can connect it to my network the app doesn't know I'm connected so I can't proceed more into the setup. I've tried un-installing and reinstalling the app, forgot the wifi network for the amazon echo on my phone and I have no idea how ever to fix this. I've even de-registered it from my account as well. It's so frustrating since I don't think it's under warranty any more and Amazon doesn't have have a support number (in UK) for the Amazon Echo. Any suggestions? Thank you!

Ohh, thanks for letting me know!

Ahh I see! Makes sense. I'll check it out anyway and will be careful.

Thank you! Much appreciated. Silly question but, how could this break my Macbook? or... is it just to cover them selves in case anything goes wrong?

Hey, I've got a 2017 13" MacBook Pro running the latest version of Ubuntu. I've managed to get the keyboard, trackpad, WiFi etc... drivers installed but one thing I am struggling with the most is getting the fans to kick in. I've been doing a lot of research and I still cannot find any way of controlling the fans. I've tried installing "fancon" and it literally does nothing at all. Any ideas? (in case you're wondering, I need the fans as I'm doing virtualisation on VMware Player). Thank you!

Ahh yes good thinking!

Never thought it took that long to compile stuff since all of my code was compiled instantly on my Ubuntu VM but then probs cos I've got an AMD Ryzen CPU in my PC. I'll look into more of the bundle anyway and the other CPU's you've recommended. Thank you for your help!

Fair doos, that's fine, just low end tasks such as compiling C code and that. just thought it would be a fun project to build one that's hopefully a bit better but same size as my Synology NAS. Do you think that motherboard and cpu bundle would be suitable for that use case or shall I go for something more powerful?