You_are_a_cunt

Given the specs I assumed we were talking about an SSD boot drive (is not all SSDs) This could also be true.

Before going the hardware route, try investigating the software side. Get rid of bloatware. To me it sounds like a case of the memory leaks. If that doesn't fix it, try reinstalling Windows before going deeper down the rabbit hole.

I'd say new rig. While your CPU and GPU might still be somewhat capable, they're old, outdated and, frankly, in potato league.

Competition leads to research that leads to better products. Better products for better prices leads to profits for both consumer and manufacturer. Intel had no competition for years. They got lazy and greedy. AMD (finally) stepped up with Ryzen and Threadripper and now Intel's in a bit of a pickle and forced to actually do better research. (they're still greedy since they basically want you to upgrade your mobo every -other- CPU iteration)

http://global.shuttle.com/products/productsSpec?productId=522

Why do I have a feeling there's a much larger thread about this?

I think the bios flashback port is dedicated to only that and doesn't really act like a normal port. I could be wrong. It's highly unlikely that it would draw too much amperage, since there's a hardware-implemented limit. The device might ask for more, but it ain't getting it.

3333 per device, up to a maximum of 3 devices, adding up to 9999 songs, according to 15 seconds on the gargler

assuming a 3 minute average per song, 4800 songs is over a month worth of non-stop, 24/7 music. Spotify runs on a monthly subscription, so I'd assume the limit to how many songs you can download is that. A month. (I'm not entirely sure what happens to those songs once the sub expires and isn't renewed, but I suppose the app keeps them for a buffer period and auto deletes them. maybe)

RAM is volatile memory. That means data is stored on it temporarily and, on power loss, is wiped. What you're thinking about already exists, and it's called a RAM Disk.

'scuse me but who said anything about a calculator? I'm looking at my usage. RX480 and an R5 1600 with moderate overclocks are pushing my 500W PSU fairly near the limit I'd consider "safe" for my rated max output. A 570 and a 560 would easily go over said max rated wattage, hence my comment. Also, those calculators may be overestimating consumption by 50W at most, not your claimed 50%. Next time you make an asinine claim at least have the decency of bringing along proof that doesn't involve salt or tinfoil

4770k or 4790k and a decent cooler to OC

Nope. Definitely needs more than 500W

That sounds a lot like my ching chong tablet and I can tell ya it's complete and utterly useless. Can't do anything on it and the fact that it has 8 gigs of storage makes it even more unusable (android takes up like 6 gigs and BASIC applications can't even update since it's already filled up)

It'll run slower than a squashed snail uphill and most likely it will crash like a nascar driver trying to take a right turn

Yeah, the price of the DOM is comparable to what I paid for the box to begin with and the investment isn't too good. a PATA drive works just fine as long as I upgrade the cooling a bit (there is a CPU fan circuit on the board and all it's missing is a header. I could add one in less than 5 minutes). Adding a GPU is fairly tricky since the space is VERY limited. If memory serves, I managed to mock-fit it between the PSU and the motherboard, but the spare GPU I would throw into that box needs a new heatsink and fan (currently a very janky temp fix consisting of a motherboard chipset heatsink and a random fan from another GPU)

I've long since "fixed" my lack of video output by cutting a channel into the x1 slot and using a full sized GPU to mess with the BIOS setting. The NAS is currently disassembled (reassembly and recommissioning TBD) since I was working on a custom enclosure for it since thermals are abysmal. Should be noted that I couldn't find a PATA DOM and I used a regular PATA drive, which broght me to having 5 drives and the CPU getting pretty damn toasty after a while. I might be resurrecting that little box at some point since it's pretty low powered and _could_ prove handy as a secondary local backup for my machines. I'll definitely be looking into getting a proper 1x to 16x adapter, maybe even finding a way to permanently mount a GPU in it Note: the box itself works just fine (I've had it running for about 6 months with little to no issues past the oddball boot problems where it would try to boot from SATA instead of PATA on power loss. I should probably change the CMOS battery), I just don't have the time (or resources) to fiddle around with it right now. All it really needs at this point is some drives and a stick of RAM (I ran out of spare DIMMS a while back)

I'm using CF as main and Google as backup DNS. Can't say if there's any actual speed impact (I'm already on gigabit, so any difference would probably be unnoticeable)

Check ram speed in bios. it might have defaulted to 667