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That's amazing. Guess I want to do that right before I shut it down for the last time?

So I am going to be upgrading my PC to a 7700x this weekend from my older 8700k and I am not sure if there are any special things I might need to prepare for besides grabbing my windows key. Most of my other builds in the past have been a full rebuild but this time around I wanted to keep everything how it is currently and not start from scratch if possible. If it helps my current build is 8700k, Asus ROG Maximus X and ill be going to a 7700X and Asus ROG Strix X670E-E. GPU, m.2 boot drive and my HDD are going to be transferred over.

Budget (including currency): $500 - $750 USD Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mainly gaming (FPS and newer single players i.e. MW2, Hogwarts Legacy, etc.) Some rendering for photo merging in Lightroom 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.): Currently have 8700k build, 32GB 3600 DDR4, M.2 SSD, 2TB HDD, 3080Ti, 750w 80+ Plat PSU, 3440x1440 144Hz Monitor. Looking to get the most out of my system and want to get to a new platform. I am not partial to AMD or Intel but would like to stay on Windows 10 for now and not upgrade. Only concerns I have with an upgrade is a potential PSU upgrade and would like to keep my optical audio connector as I use that on my separate DAC/AMP stack.

Yea, I've had some time to think it over and I think I'll end up parting alot of it out. I dont need @TB of ram and 128 cpu cores lol. Try and get inot a newer Dell or HP rack mount maybe. Biggest thing is testing these blades though

Yea, its also hard to get info on blade servers for at home use. Think I'll part out most of it and get a nice upgrade out of it

Yea thats what I am seeing, looks like I can get a chassis for it for around $200 to $400

So long story short I got all the blades from a blade server. They are all Cisco UCS B200 M3's with dual E5-2640V2's and 256GB of DDR3 each but did not come with the chassis to hold them all. My question is what are some use cases for a blade server with 2TB of ram and what would I need to set it up and use it?

Thank you that is what I was wanting to know, do you think I could get a newer 4TB HDD or should I try and find one of the same HDDs? All the newer ones that are NAS style drives are 5400RPM and the older HP is 7200

So today I went to watch something on my Plex server and saw it was offline. I checked my server and one of the HDD's in my raid has a flashing orange light on the tray. Checked iLo and it says it has failed. I rebooted the server to see if it could potentially fix anything but it still says it has failed. The weird part that I am worried about is that it loaded into windows and it seems like things on that raid are working fine and I am able to play videos and load folders and such. MMy question is should I use the server while I wait on a replacement HDD or should I shut it down, also can I use just any drive as I don't know if I can find the 4TB HP drives that I am running anymore? Server is an HP Prolient DL380e G8, Raid controller is a P420, and the raid in question is 5 HP 4TB drives with the original trays.

I appreciate all the info, ill give it a shot at tracking down the owner, if not I will either scrap it or sell it for parts potentially

Thank you, that is what I needed to know

It was in a recycling bin, already cleared it with him to have it as well. Issue is I work for a large company so there is no way to know where it came from so I cannot get it unlocked if it is locked most likely

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I got a free A1707 macbook pro from work that this morning but it is not turning on. I am wanting to know if I send it in to someone to try and fix it, can I erase it and use it as my own or are these locked down to an account similiar to iphones. Also is it even worth trying top fix?

I tried to do the rough math, 2070 supers are selling for 650 and the 3060 ti is selling for 850 to 950. SO if I get it for 500 I could just turn around and sell it and make 300 bucks, or I could keep it and sell my old card and only make 150. So I guess what I am looking at is making 300 or so bucks or doing a slight upgrade and making 150 bucks. Of course this depends on how much ebay takes in fees or what not.