CyberneticTitan

Keka is great for this: https://www.keka.io/en/

WiFi 6 support on DD-WRT is basically non existent, so I wouldn't hold out for any 6E routers getting support. OpenWRT has slightly better support, but still the options are few. This Wi-Fi 6 router has is supported by OpenWRT by the manufacturer: https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt6000/ If you need custom controls most people go the route of separating the router and the AP. I.e. host your own pfsense router and attach APs to it.

Ignoring the 12600k + 6700XT build was a bit of a mistake, I wonder if it was a deliberate choice to make the video a bit more interesting.

Credit where it's due: I'm glad they went with this thumbnail instead of gaping face Linus next to the CPU with big red arrow or something.

It depends how RAID1 is implemented and what the benchmark is. See: https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux55-ssd-raid/3 In the above test, they use BTRFS' own implementation of RAID1, and MD RAID for the others.

There are apps like this already, but Sunbird simply does the hosting for you. i.e. https://bluebubbles.app/ and https://airmessage.org/ As an ignorant outsider I wonder why they did not wait for EU to take on opening up iMessage before announcing this as a feature.

By this same logic the steam deck "officially supports" the Deck HD because Valve has done the development work to support MIPI displays, having a chassis that allows swappable displays, and providing a software stack that allows SteamOS to be rendered at 1200p. They don't provide support for it, but that doesn't seem like a requirement according to your definition. If you truly believe that Valve "officially supports" Windows on the steam deck in the same way they "officially support" SteamOS, then I have nothing else to say.

Doesn't the page say: They're just giving you the bare minimum, which is better than nothing, but it is certainly not "official support" like what one might call Asus "officially supporting" Windows on the ROG Ally. The APU drivers are 8 months old too. To the OP I think you're better off buying or building your own gaming PC using second hand parts.

Regarding the Gen 5 NVMe I'd say pass it. People can barely tell between Gen 3 and Gen 4 NVMes and this will be more the case with Gen 5 NVMe. Further there is a pretty big difference between current top-of-the-line Gen 4 drives and the first wave. Unless money is no issue you will feel pretty stupid spending $160 USD on a Gen 5 NVMe that doesn't even hit the bus limit (T700 can only get around 12GB/s seq when bus limit is around 14-15).

If you're banking on that specific PC having a BF sale chances are pretty low, but you will likely see a lot of prebuilts getting a discount so keep your eyes open on the RedFlagDeals forum or the bapcsalescanada subreddit. I imagine coupon stacking shenanigans from Lenovo and Dell.

2060 Super is about 30% faster in gaming so that would be a no brainer from me.

7800X3D offers >100% the gaming performance of the 14900K at ~66% of the price and 34% of the power, on average. So a gaming focused system definitely AMD, unless you have specific needs for multithreaded workloads and spend a lot of time playing games that don't benefit from the additional cache. That being said at those resolutions it won't make too much of a difference and you could probably get by with a 7600/13600k and spending the money on a 4090/7900 XTX.

Here's what I found for large monitors: https://www.lg.com/us/tvs/lg-27lx5qkna https://www.asus.com/us/displays-desktops/monitors/zenscreen/asus-zenscreen-mb249c/

Do you mean Dell Vostro? If so this review says it comes with default DDR4-2133: https://laptopmedia.com/ca/review/dell-vostro-15-3559-review-when-good-just-isnt-enough-anymore/ It seems to also support DDR3L SODIMM so if those are cheaper you can try those as well.

We're already seeing some changes in the core type ratios for these chips. Base M2 Pro is 6P+4E whereas base M3 Pro is 5P+6E. Top M2 Pro is 8P+4E whereas top M3 Pro is 6P+6E. Combined with the reduction in memory bandwidth (200GB/s to 150GB/s) the benchmarks are going to be interesting.

They will probably have other CPU/Mobo/RAM bundles. The bundled motherboards will likely be ATX but no one can tell. During the summer there was a promo where if you bought an X3D chip you got a free AM5 motherboard, and there was a mix of ITX and mATX. If mATX is a must have, no point in buying now just sit tight and see what deals come your way.

You could get cheaper RAM to make the DDR5 option more attractive: 6000 CL30 for $125: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/Gk88TW/adata-xpg-lancer-blade-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-ax5u6000c3016g-dtlabbk 6400 CL32 for $135: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/Yyqrxr/patriot-viper-venom-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr5-6400-cl32-memory-pvv532g640c32k However, for $600 you can get 12700k + Z690 motherboard + 16GB DDR4 if you live near a Canada Computers in Ontario: https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=&item_id=247020 You missed a 13700k + Z690 motherboard + 32GB DDR5 for $700 not too long ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/bapcsalescanada/comments/1715ty9/cpumoboram_i713700k_gigabyte_z690_aero_g_corsair/ If you need a PC right now I'd recommend the 12700k bundle, but otherwise I'd wait for Black Friday.

If the in-wall run is long you can you try using an active HDMI cable (probably a fiber optic one) as the in-between run and hope the signal is still strong enough. At the same time use very short runs from the keystone to the devices. Buy a few cables on Amazon or something and return afterwards if they don't work out. There don't seem to be any cheap HDMI 2.1 active repeaters out there. This one is $100 USD: https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Repeater-Amplifier-Extender-33FT-8K-HDMI-BOOSTER/dp/B0CFFSY9ZQ/ These HDMI to optical fiber are also not cheap: https://www.heyoptics.net/products/8k-hdmi-mpo-optical-cable

Ah that was the same model. Well there is also this one: https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/msi-modern-15-b12m-15-6-laptop-black-intel-core-i5-1235u-512gb-ssd-16gb-ram-windows-11/16769764

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/hdmi-2-1-cables-are-about-to-get-longer-a-lot-longer I would assume having that many cables and using those couplers are introducing a pretty significant amount of signal loss. Try using only one coupler and see if it still works. If not you may try adjusting your TV settings that reduces the bandwidth needed (i.e. disabling HDMI deep color). Not sure how your TV is set up, but is it not possible to run a single long HDMI cable (probably needs to be active) from the Xbox, inside the wall, and then to the TV?

I understand that BestBuy laptop was chosen probably because what was in stock at the price at the time but there are some decent 12th Gen laptops for $700 CAD: https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/asus-vivobook-15-15-6-laptop-quiet-blue-intel-core-i5-1235u-512gb-ssd-8gb-ram-windows-11/16690940 Or a Zen 3 model from USA: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-inspiron-14-0-2-in-1-touch-laptop-amd-ryzen-5-7530u-8gb-memory-512gb-ssd-lavender-blue/6538395.p?skuId=6538395 Also for $600 USD you can get the XPS 13: https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/xps-13-laptop/spd/xps-13-9315-laptop

"AI" features gatekept to the Tensor G3 yeah sure Google the G2 was so garbage it couldn't do any of those tasks. Adds temperature sensor but still doesn't have space for headphone jack or anything else far more useful. 7 years of updates is a big win, all we can do is hope others follow the same suit.

If you consider a demo to be a game, then you might count Racer RTX.

You can just plug your PC into the rightmost port. If you need to attach more devices you'll need an ethernet switch.

I think you are confused. The leftmost port of your Eero (the one that the yellow cable is currently plugged into in the second pic) is labelled 2.5, indicating it supports a 2.5Gbps wired connection. The right side is maximum 1Gbps. This is not related to the Eero wireless access point broadcasting a 2.4GHz or 5GHz signal. Your wired setup is fine. Just use the Eero app to setup your WiFi access point and you're good to go.