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For some reason I had it in my head the 3200g was the first gen that had onboard graphics. Thanks for the tip. And you are right SSDs aren't cheap yet but years from now when 10TB SSDs are the norm in our laptops smaller ones will come down eventually.

Due to the prices of older motherboards, and that there just aren't that many mATX mITX motherboards for older hardware. It seems like a Ryzen 3200g and a B550 motherboard maybe my best bet.

Budget (including currency): ~$200-300 hopefully less, I don't need much compute, old hardware is fine. Country: US Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: OPNSense (a pfsense alternative) for my home network. Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Quick Summary of what I need -mITX, maybe mATX Motherboard. It needs to fit in this case leaving at least the last 2 (of 7) PCI slots free -CPU to go with it at least as powerful as the Celeron J1900 -Capacity for at least ... 16 GB of RAM? though I guess 8 Is probably all I'd put it and all I'd ever need (famous last words right...) -enough PCI-E bandwidth on a single slot to support a 4 port 2.5Gb/s network card ideally with 1 full size x16 PCI-E slot -Low Power, I really really hope to reuse my existing PSU rated for 120/160 W. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005TWE6B8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 -Video output, It can be VGA as the existing board is, but onboard video would make things a LOT easier, I don't really want to waste the power or PCI-E slot running an external Video card just for console access in my rack. I actually dug up from my stash one of my old old old desktop boards, its an old LGA2011 socket with an i7-3820 that would work fine but its a full size ATX board and wouldn't leave room for my "Unraid hack" below.. I'm sure anyone reading this is thinking "..... WHY?????" So the long story.... I am running (in a completely different box) Unraid, I wanted the capacity to run a bunch of 2.5" SSDs as they drop in price. My router was previously crammed into this annoying 1u case, thus the tiny board and picoPSU. When I did a recent overhaul I moved it into this case I wanted to add to expand my Unraid capacity, becuase I wasn't using the space in this case for a motherboard anyway. Now I've got the the point where I want to have the router be capable of greater than 1Gb/s and the method I'm using to connect the NIC card just isn't cutting it. Yes this is crazy... No its not my fault... I blame LTT... this is how your brain works after watching them for the better part of a decade On the bright side, I will (should I ever want it...) have the capacity to add 60 2.5" SSDs

That was my first thought, someone realized the release date / NDA should have been 2/5 instead of 1/5

The fact they are that open with their Video Error Handling Process is just awesome. If I had the ability to relocate it seems like the kind of place I would love to work.

I got about 30 seconds into the video paused it to grab a beverage and enjoy! Came back "video is no longer available" or something to that effect. Now I just simply don't know what to do with myself... haha

A few years back I got a great deal on a thinkpad helix 2 (the 2nd gen) "Tablet" ??? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThinkPad_Helix Its a windows tablet from the Intel Core M area. I upgraded the ram and slapped in an ssd and its been a fanastic little "Toss in my bag" for notes / watching videos. But the CPU and performace of the thing is more than showing its age now. I love the form factor! I'm also a fan of the thinkpad "nubin" but sadly know I can't really make that a requirement. Can anyone think of any systems that are more "recent, as in more than a generation or two newer than the Helix 2, that are out there? For its use case for me I can work with almost any OS. But I love these features of the helix Solid keyboard and mouse No kickstand! "Small" but not so small that they keyboard suffers in normal typing Tablet Mode. I've been using it in tablet mode on a tablet arm in my bed nighty to watch youtube videos / podcasts. If there is a really good keyboard mouse thing with a hinge for modern android tablets that would work for me. But I've never seen one, they all seem to have gone the kickstand route. If nothing else.... I wonder if I could find a diagram detailing the connections on the Helix 2 keyboard dock thing. and build something to connect that to a android tablet over usb c... then 3d print something to adapt to the hinge.

In case anyone else comes across this searching for the same thing. I found this company https://earphonesplus.com/lg-tone-free-true-wireless-replacement-ear-tips/ The originally had a typo on this listing, listing it as compatible with the LG FN9, I couldn't find any reference to that product on LGs website so I thought it may have been a typo. Emailed them and it was, they verified for me that their part number (SKU) 092-TW45-111 is indeed compatible with the LG FP9.

Ahh I follow you now thanks!

What do you mean by "TWS" units? Is there some kind of standard for ear tips I haven't heard of or something? If so would help my search for sure.

After seeing the LTT video about the LG Tone Free FP9 ear buds I wanted to give them a try. I was excited about Linus's feedback about sleeping with them and how comfortable they are. I sleep with a set every night so I can watch tv without bothering my other half. I love them so far but with the silicon tips they come with 1) don't seal very well for me, enough that I don't get very good ANC and 2) they pretty easily work themselves out of my ears over time. I could probably head bang for a while but I think just moving my head/jaw around gets them to wiggle out over time. Especially annoying while I'm working on my macbook and every dam time I touch them the macbook opens iTunes.... I'm hoping to find a set of the "Comply" foam style, anyone had any luck finding them or any other replacement ear tips?

I've had 1 smart watch. My old LG Gwatch R. Its battery life is failing and its so slow now that I really don't use it. Anyone following the scene able to give some recommendations? Must Haves Looks like a watch from a reasonable distance. (i.e. probably needs to be round but as long as its "sleek looking") GPS + navigation + map on the watch Audio control Replaceable bands, ideally with standard watch bands. Always on display of some sort, want to look at the time without waking it up. Google Pay LTE Mild water resistance, can wash my hands / get soaked in a rain storm with no worries. Nice to haves Extreme water resistance, i.e. go for a swim Google Assistant Side questions How do watches that support LTE get setup no adays? I've never had a device that didn't use a sim card, I'm assuming watches dont? FYSA I use Google Fi I heard there already is, or is about to be some big "team up" between google and samsung with Wear OS. Are we expecting new stuff coming down the pipe soon that would be worth waiting for?

I've had a xclaim AP for years now been pretty happy with it. But its time to upgrade. I'd like something I can add addtional APs to form a Mesh network down the road, and that supports PoE and Wifi 6 with out spending a ton of money on an enterprise solution. I'd prefer to keep things simple with just PoE APs but if I have to get something with a built in router and just not use it well.... so be it

Ya 1 GPU seems fine other GPU seems to be bad

In this case I'm not even connecting both cards at once. It works with 1 gpu, keep everything the same cables and all and swap to the other card instead and now power on.