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Wadzinsky thats good to know just out of curiosity how did you update the bios for the 3400G does the board have a built in way to do it or did you have a previous gen cpu, also how hard is the cpu hit if your doing several of the functions do you notice any slow down at all, fotunately i have experience with Linux I actually dual boot my rig as I find Linux my preferred for VMs and Programming. Thanks

AngryBeaver, i would prefer to get 3.5" as I already have a large capacity drive of that size that I can use, personally I'd rather keep it all in one enclosure if possible just to minimise the foot print however if that cause an issue I am flexible to go for a slightly bigger option. Thanks

jake9000 I wouldn't want to go as big as those cases if I'm honest but i do want room for at least 2 dedicated storage drives at 3.5" and I thought of going the custom route as it gave me a little more flexibility for things such as changing the case out at a later date. But I am willing to compromise on that if its beneficial. Thanks

Thanks for the response AngryBeaver, I'm sorry I forgot to mention I am in the UK, my bad that actually isn't bad if I can find a comparable one that I dont need to import but would the power draw off something like that be comparable to the APUs?

Hey guys, I am wanting to build a server for use in the home, it would be used as a NAS, plex media server with 1 transcoded stream mostly for devices that don't like the subtitles format, and a minecraft server (people will be connecting from outside my network, there will be a max of 5), I'm looking at the AMD Ryzen 2400G with a B450 motherboard, I am wanting as small a system as possible with as low power draw as possible, this is in part why I have been looking at the APUs so I wouldn't need a discreet graphics card. I am planning to use 8GB of RAM possible 16 if that would be of benefit. I would appreciate any advice anyone could give me on either the hardware or the OS as im thinking of using a Linux distribution as this would be the first home server I have done. Thanks in advance.

Thank you all for replying, for those who suggested that I wait until the AMD announcement that is happening soon I will most certainly do so I didn't realise how soon that was happening. Jay, I would respectfully disagree with you, I believe that these flaws must be considered as when they fix them using microcode updates there will most likely be some sort of performance impact on the CPUs which must be considered, however I do agree that it shouldn't be the only consideration but due to its nature I believe it has to be thrown in with the rest.

Hi, I am currently considering an upgrade from Intel 5820K and am wondering if with all the flaws such as Zombieland and the impact the possible fixes will have on performance is it now time to join team AMD. I am doing this as I have been for a while doing virtualisation and want to give myself a bit more breathing room when it comes to the number of VMs that I can run at once, I also game and some video editing. I have been considering the i9 9920X/9960X and threadripper 2950X (I do realise there is a difference in cores with the 9920X) but my biggest concern is what kind of perfomance impact the fixes will have, I know Intel tends to be better for gaming but with the hit to performance will it be? Any advice or information would be grearly appreciated. Thanks

Probably 2 or 4 to give me a little room to grow

Hi Everyone,, I'm wanting to use my Pi 3 as a NAS/Plex server (yes i am aware that it is not very powerful however I have tested it using a flash drive and for now it is an appropriate solution for streaming around my household), and I've been trying to find a multi bay hard drive enclosure but I can't seem to find one that is compatible with it. I'm planning on using this method as I already have HDDs and don't want to purchase USB drive to use. Has anyone had any experience with this if so do they have any suggestions on a product or a manufacturer to look at? Any advice is much appreciated Thanks

I'm just trying flushing the system now I've flushed the system completely and it looks like it may have sorted it but it's hard to tell with clear fluid but I'll post once I've tried refilling it with my coolant Hey guys it seems to have worked the fluids coming through thanks a lot

I've gone and tried filling it up upside down and no luck and I ordered the pump online from overclockers so I'm not sure if it is the new revision or not

I don't have that one cause the pump res had a 140 res and I upgraded to the 200 the one I have is really short and if aloe Vera solution works will it cause an issue with temps as the fluid is struggling to get round

I will give it a try tomorrow and will let you guys know and thanks for the help

This one is better cause the system has been running for a minute

Yeah I do have a drain port and yeah I can but if I tried filling it upside down wouldn't cause issues with my pump as it will be on top of my res