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LunaP0n3

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About LunaP0n3

  • Birthday Oct 02, 1996

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    Lightning Blitz #9182
  • Steam
    http://steamcommunity.com/id/LunaP0n3/
  • Battle.net
    LightBlitz #1365
  • Twitter
    https://twitter.com/LezlieNewlands

Profile Information

  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Australia
  • Interests
    Technology, 'specially Computers
    Educating my family about Computers
    My Little Pony #nineyearsofpony
    Tinkering with Computers
    Avoiding COVID-19 like the plague
    Building totally overkill systems on PCPartPicker
    Gaming (sandbox, simulation type)
  • Biography
    Got into tech when I was younger. Had a Win98 system, and played a lot of the Microsoft Entertainment Pack.
    Then when some family members got 2 new systems running WinXP, I jumped in the hype train.

    It was LTT and the build guides that gave me the tools I needed to really kickstart my interest in tech, and the rest is history.
    Here I am, having built two towers so far, and a home network made out of 3 ASUS APs, a 24 port GbE switch, a 650VA PowerShield UPS, and a 40TB Synology NAS, with a 14TB external drive to hold our media library.
    Now I'm IT support for the family, and I'm the guy who they come to for advice and tech emergencies.
  • Occupation
    PC Enthusiast, Local Salvation Army Volunteer

System

  • CPU
    AMD Ryzen 3800X
  • Motherboard
    ASUS B550 Plus WiFi (TUF)
  • RAM
    4x 8GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4
  • GPU
    Gigabyte RTX 3050
  • Case
    Corsair Carbide 100R
  • Storage
    --SSDs
    Samsung 980 Pro 500GB
    Samsung 860 EVO 2TB
    --Spinning Rust
    WD 8TB, 10TB
    Seagate Exos 16TB
    2x ASUS BW 16D1HT
  • PSU
    Corsair RM750x
  • Display(s)
    Acer ED245Q
    BenQ G2220HD
  • Cooling
    AMD Wraith Cooler, 2x 120mm CoolerMaster intake, 3x Corsair Exhaust
  • Keyboard
    Logitech G512 Linear
  • Mouse
    Logitech G502
  • Sound
    Yamaha DRX 730
    Sennheiser GSP 300
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Home 64bit
  • Laptop
    Acer Aspire 5 A515 52 (Upgraded from Stock Specs)

    -16GB RAM
    -250GB Samsung 970 EVO NVMe (Boot)
    -1TB Samsung 860 EVO
  • Phone
    Samsung Galaxy A73 5G w/512GB mSD card.

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  1. The team are probably wrestling for control of the channel.
  2. The channel now has the logo back. Let the staff work, this is something LTT probably has a contingency plan for, and it's nearly 4AM over there. Godspeed LTT.
  3. Apparently a 808.8GB drive by WD is a thing. https://imgur.com/ZlkJbwb
  4. Yep. The portable ones have smaller and less powerful motors owing to their size and needing to work straight off USB power. An internal drive (or one in an enclosure) would work faster as it has access to more power and 12v instead of the 5v from a USB port. Transfer speeds can be influenced by how clean the disc is, how good the drive is and how good the pressing was for the particular disc. (I use 2 ASUS BW-16D1HT in my setup) I've heard, and experienced the need to clean a 4K disc straight out of the case as there can be residue leftover that can interfere with a transfer. This is a tiny wavelength we're working with here. If you plan on doing a lot of 4K stuff, have plenty of disk space on hand. The files are gigantic.
  5. I have 2 ASUS BW-16D1HTs as they were highly recommended when I was looking into this. Expensive but fast. I did have to flash both to get them to play nice with MakeMKV which was easy enough. One thing I will note is that if you plan on doing lots of 4K BluRays is that you will chew up tons of disk space. (Anywhere from 25GB to nearly 100GB each depending on the title)
  6. Did you get a new GPU yet?

    1. LunaP0n3

      LunaP0n3

      On 6/4/2022 at 7:36 PM, Slyceth said:

      Did you get a new GPU yet?

      Sure did. I just got around to relogging in and I got a RTX 3050.

  7. F. Just lost my GPU this morning.

     

  8. USB Hubs only have the bandwidth of the host port for one. As for running multiple SSDs at once off a hub, I'd recommend a powered USB 3 hub. These have a power brick that allows more high power devices to be on the hub at once. Even better, if you have a desktop PC with a free PCIE slot, you can get USB 3 Expansion Cards to add extra ports on the back of the system that have up to 7 extra USB 3 ports on them. Just remember to get ones that connect to the power supply with a molex or SATA power connection to avoid running out of power. https://www.amazon.com/Expansion-Express-Internal-Connector-Support/dp/B099R6GD83/
  9. New System built and running Win 11!

    Ryzen 3800X

    Gigabyte 1660 Super from old PC

    500GB 980 Pro

    B550 Plus WiFi

    10, 8 and 2x 4TB HDDS, will swap a 4 with the 2TB 860 Evo from old system when I can clear it out.

    RM750x

    Corsair Carbide 100R

    2x 8GB HyperX 3200MHz

    2x ASUS BW16D1HT

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    1. Ashley MLP Fangirl
    2. LunaP0n3

      LunaP0n3

      7 hours ago, Ashley MLP Fangirl said:

      love the optical drives

      Yep, crazy as is Is, I still us them.

      Mainly for format shifting BluRays to my NAS.

  10. 16TB Exos from a Seagate Desktop External? Aww yiss.

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    1. flibberdipper

      flibberdipper

      Damn, Seagate actually cares enough to put a fan in their enclosures? Take notes, WD!

       

      Actually on second thought, don't. Less hardware in the enclosure means cheaper prices for the inevitable shucking 👀 

    2. LunaP0n3

      LunaP0n3

      11 minutes ago, flibberdipper said:

      Damn, Seagate actually cares enough to put a fan in their enclosures? Take notes, WD!

       

      Actually on second thought, don't. Less hardware in the enclosure means cheaper prices for the inevitable shucking 👀 

      It's crazy how it works isn't it? You get a high end drive inside an external USB drive that's a standard SATA drive. Sure, you might lose out on warranties, but how much you can save is crazy.

    3. flibberdipper

      flibberdipper

      10 hours ago, LunaP0n3 said:

      It's crazy how it works isn't it? You get a high end drive inside an external USB drive that's a standard SATA drive. Sure, you might lose out on warranties, but how much you can save is crazy.

      It's pretty nuts. Whenever I'm able to redo my server I'll be dealing basically exclusively with 12TB EasyStores (and a handful of 8TB drives), and the fact that you can get the 12's on sale for like $180 is absolutely absurd.

       

      EDIT: Speaking of the devil

  11. This is unlikely to work. My understanding is that the PCB and drive are tied together and you would have to reflash the firmware of the new PCB with the old one or transfer the firmware chip to get the two to play nice. If you tried without doing this the PCB wouldn't know the unique characteristics of the drive and wouldn't be able to find the data.
  12. Do you mean taking one signal, mirroring it to 2 screens? HDMI mirror boxes exist. [LINK]
  13. Saddened to hear a member of the team pass. Rest well, Tyler.
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    At this rate I could download the entire internet.

  15. That's awfully hot for a drive, but to be expected during heavy transfers. Most external drives rely in convection currents through the vents of the enclosure or the metal to radiate heat in aftermarket enclosures. Still, I'm a little concerned with temperatures like that. What is the environment where the drive is running? I would suggest running a small fan across the top of the drive to help move the hot air away from the drive.
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