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    Zando_ got a reaction from Crunchy Dragon in Found a server on Facebook marketplace should I get it or should I not I’m not too informed on xeon or anything so I don’t know if this is any good   
    It's only a good deal if you'll actually use it.
     
    If you want an actual good deal, then that depends on what exactly you're doing with it. As noted you're probably better served with a mainstream platform unless you actually need 52 threads.
     
    If you just want a Xeon server for the hell of it, then who am I to stop you. I use HEDT (basically Xeons but without some workstation/server features) for gaming because I think the platforms are neat.
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    Zando_ reacted to battlepants220 in Most Hours Played Thread?   
    This is just steam for me. WoW and SC2 would still be top 2 even though I stopped played both years ago. DSP is my latest addiction. Gamer life.
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    Zando_ reacted to mariushm in Most Hours Played Thread?   
    I was basically addicted to left 4 dead 2 ... played 8-12 hours a day for a period... decided it wasn't healthy and gave it up one day
     
    I played fallout games and other games more outside steam, only bought them after I got my first job and could afford to buy them legally.
     

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    Zando_ reacted to aisle9 in Is a mined on Sapphire RX 580 Still good in 2024?   
    From the seller's feedback:
    I would assume that the GPU that earned that feedback died and was baked by the seller to keep it alive for a few weeks. Just long enough to get past the return window. Personally, I'd stay far away from that seller.
     
    I think $170 USD gets you into GTX 1070/1080 range.
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    Zando_ reacted to powertoys in Which slot to put my M.2   
    It seems to behave like this: if you populate M.2_1 with any SSD at all (regardless if it's PCIe 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, whatever), the main PCIe slot will get it's lanes halved
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    Zando_ got a reaction from Eigenvektor in Used 3080's scams?   
    They're used GPUs released 4 years ago. Pretty normal depreciation.
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    Zando_ got a reaction from SkilledRebuilds in Used 3080's scams?   
    They're used GPUs released 4 years ago. Pretty normal depreciation.
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    Zando_ reacted to Electronics Wizardy in So lost on which PSU to get for my unRAID server   
    You can use all the sata ports on one cable. Thats what there there for. 
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    Zando_ reacted to Middcore in Why are TN display panels so expensive and a niche market?   
    If you find a $200 OLED 1440p, do please let us know.
     
     
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    Zando_ reacted to WereCat in Used 3080's scams?   
    That's because it's not a good deal. 
    $450 is the most you should probably pay for used 3080.
     
    They were never supposed to be $1200...
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    Zando_ got a reaction from drumn_bass in ASUS Z690 and multiple NVME drives. Drives become unresponsive under load.   
    Yep. Mainstream just does not have enough PCIe lanes. Sounds like you're simply bouncing off the bandwidth limits of the lanes you have available. You have an x8 DMI 4.0 uplink from the chipset to the CPU. That's equivalent bandwidth to x8 PCIe 4.0 IIRC, and all drives in chipset slots + lots of your other I/O (USBs, NIC, etc) also go through this. Only takes 2 fast PCIe 4.0 drives running full bore to hit that limit or get very close to it. Thus why it's ok with 2 of them, but once you add a 3rd drive of any kind and load them all, it goes over the bandwidth limit and chokes.
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    Zando_ reacted to Crunchy Dragon in Found a server on Facebook marketplace should I get it or should I not I’m not too informed on xeon or anything so I don’t know if this is any good   
    I am in agreement with @da na and @Zando_, but I will also mention that a rackmounted system probably isn't the best first server around.
     
    A tower server like a Dell PrecisionTower, Lenovo ThinkStation, some of the tower-style HP ProLiants, or even building your own server in a standard ATX case would be a more user-friendly route.
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    Zando_ got a reaction from Crunchy Dragon in Found a server on Facebook marketplace should I get it or should I not I’m not too informed on xeon or anything so I don’t know if this is any good   
    ^^^ For most home NAS/VM use a simple modern 4c/8t chip is plenty, NAS duties are single-threaded and many VMs can even share a single core, depending on the hypervisor you use and what they're doing. Or obviously you can run containers in the host OS or a VM and they'll share whatever resources are available.
     
    If you do think you'll use all those threads, it is a solid machine, just keep in mind that it will pull a good chunk of power, and servers can be incredibly loud. Usually you can spin the fans down a lot though, without running into thermal issues.
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    Zando_ got a reaction from GuiltySpark_ in Why are TN display panels so expensive and a niche market?   
    Sure you're not just seeing new-old-stock TN panels at inflated prices?
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    Zando_ reacted to StDragon in Which slot to put my M.2   
    **M.2_1 is PCIe 5.0 and 4.0 to the CPU
    M.2_2 is PCIe 4.0 to the CPU.
    M.2_3 is PCIe 4.0 through the Z690 chipset of which bandwidth is shared along the DMI link back to the CPU.

    **When M.2_1 is occupied with SSD, PCIe X16 PCIe 5.0 will run in x8 mode only.

    The Samsung 990 Pro is only PCIe 4.0, so that means you can place it into either M.2_1 or M.2_2 without losing lanes to the x16 PCIe 5.0 slot. However (if I'm reading this correctly), if you populate the M.2_1 slot with a future PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD, then that x16 will drop down to a x8 PCIe 5.0 slot.

    So if you have a PCIe 5.0 NVMe in the future, and you don't want to split lanes on the x16 slot, put it into an M.2_2 slot to force it into PCIe 4.0 x4 mode.
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    Zando_ reacted to Electronics Wizardy in Why are TN display panels so expensive and a niche market?   
    TN is often the best option when response time is the main feature you need, as its typically better than IPS or VA here. You really only see TN in those super high refresh rate monitors, and esports games don't typically care about things like HDR, Contrast, Color accuracy, vieing angles and other aspects of the displays.
     
    I'm guessing OLED is going to replace these pretty soon as it should be better with responce time, and 480hz and other very high refresh rate OLEDs are starting to come out.
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    Zando_ got a reaction from RONOTHAN## in Why are TN display panels so expensive and a niche market?   
    Sure you're not just seeing new-old-stock TN panels at inflated prices?
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    Zando_ got a reaction from Middcore in Why are TN display panels so expensive and a niche market?   
    Sure you're not just seeing new-old-stock TN panels at inflated prices?
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    Zando_ reacted to aisle9 in Why are TN display panels so expensive and a niche market?   
    When the actual f*ck did TN become desirable?!?!?! I've always known TN panels as the, "Hey, we had to cut costs everywhere," of the laptop display world.
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    Zando_ got a reaction from StDragon in Which slot to put my M.2   
    990 in the CPU lanes slot, 980 in the chipset lanes. So 990 in M.2_1 and the 980 in M.2_3. M.2_2 is PCIe 4.0 through the CPU as well, but the motherboard manual is not clear on how this is accomplished and whether it'll cause the GPU slot to drop to x8.
     
    The chipset has an x8 DMI 4.0 (equivalent bandwidth to PCIe 4.0 IIRC) uplink to the CPU so with OP's setup there shouldn't be any noticeable speed drop with the 980 in chipset lanes anyways.
     
     
     
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    Zando_ reacted to Dutchy735 in Cooling requirements for folding   
    Right now it has a very dense radiator, 34 FPI I think. I'll have to get new rads I guess. so you think a dual 240 and a dual 360 don't make a lot of difference? not even in fan speed?
     
    The very definition of SFF.
     
    as promised, here is my build.
     
    something I really like about it, is the airflow it has. sucking in cool air cooling everything inside, and spewing out the hot air from the top. It's like a wind tunnel and it performs really well. I'm not sure yet how to overcome this with a dual rad setup.
     
    I edited my original post with a bit more detail. I must be a bit more clear what I want now.
     
     
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    Zando_ got a reaction from powertoys in Which slot to put my M.2   
    Do not waste space on the 990 Pro installing your OS. The big gains on NVMe drives are for large file transfers, the OS loads a ton of tiny files. The OS doesn't boot any faster off the latest NVMe drives than it does off a decent SATA SSD. Heck on my stuff with a bunch of PCIe lanes/devices (older HEDT), it's actually slower to boot off NVMe (as that uses PCIe) than a SATA SSD. I only have my OS on an NVMe drive for convenience sake.
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    Zando_ got a reaction from da na in Found a server on Facebook marketplace should I get it or should I not I’m not too informed on xeon or anything so I don’t know if this is any good   
    ^^^ For most home NAS/VM use a simple modern 4c/8t chip is plenty, NAS duties are single-threaded and many VMs can even share a single core, depending on the hypervisor you use and what they're doing. Or obviously you can run containers in the host OS or a VM and they'll share whatever resources are available.
     
    If you do think you'll use all those threads, it is a solid machine, just keep in mind that it will pull a good chunk of power, and servers can be incredibly loud. Usually you can spin the fans down a lot though, without running into thermal issues.
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    Zando_ reacted to da na in Found a server on Facebook marketplace should I get it or should I not I’m not too informed on xeon or anything so I don’t know if this is any good   
    Those CPUs are 14 cores 28 threads each, so together you'll get 56 threads 64GB RAM for $450. Really great price there - just unless you're running very specific applications that actually use 56 threads, if you need just a server in general you could probably find a cheaper one. Single-core performance on these Xeons is not great - my 72-thread E5-2697v4 system has similar single core performance to a 2nd gen Core i5 chip - but all of those cores combined will still blow away a brand new CPU if used right. 
    So, in short, good price but just make sure you really need all those cores before committing. 
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    Zando_ reacted to da na in Found a server on Facebook marketplace should I get it or should I not I’m not too informed on xeon or anything so I don’t know if this is any good   
    Pretty solid chips. Used to have a dual e5-2697v1 workstation and they really deliver on multi-core performance. I'd say $450 is a pretty fair price for that but maybe offer em 380-400$ first.
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