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I have an exhaust at the top and exhaust at the back, that’s why I was asking in the first place. Though I think I’ll point to to the back, so that the RAM will enjoy some airflow

I mean in which direction should the CPU cooler blow. I can either install the CPU cooler to blow upwards or backwards.

I’m upgrading and replacing my motherboard (and of course also CPU), but am unsure at what direction the new cooler should be installed. The new CPU would be much higher power draw than my old one. Should I have the cooler blowing upwards or backwards? Spec: Motherboard: ASRock Z690 PG Riptide D4 (New) CPU: Intel Core i5 13600k (New) Cooler: ThermalRight PS120SE (AirCooler, New) All other components are from the original build: Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (A very old case, I remember Linus unboxed one 10 years ago) GPU: AMD RX480 (Sapphire, dual fan, in first PCIe Slot, fan blowing upwards) RAM: 8G DDR4 x4 SSD: Intel 750 in third PCIe slot (has a large heat spreader) Samsung 970 evo in M.2 Slot on the bottom (I manually installed a passive heat spreader) WD SN550 in M.2 Slot beneath MB’s heat spreader (above first PCIe Slot) My current case fan configuration is included in the photo. Aside from the 3 default case fan, I added a NF-A14 as intake on the side panel. I could also move it to the bottom.

I tested it outside, no luck. Is there a way to test if my PCIe cards are still fine? My GPU still light up its RGB light briefly when the possibly-dead mb starts

I was running the computer fine (was doing some web browsing and formatting a usb, was trying to prepare a Linux boot drive) , then it suddenly shuts down(no BSOD or any software related stuff, just power off) and start this infinite restart loop. The Q code on the motherboard only briefly shows 00 then restarts. The video shows the exact behavior. Spec of the PC: MB: ASUS X99 A-ii CPU: Intel Xeon E5 2620-V4 RAM: 8G DDR4 2400(running at 2133MHz) x4(32G total, Quad channel) Kingston GPU: AMD RX480 8G Drives: Intel SSD 750 (in PCIe Slot) WD SN550 (in internal m.2 slot) Samsung 970 evo plus (recently added, on expansion card in PCIe slot) 3 Mechanical Drives 1 BD-RW drive PSU: Corsair RM650x I’ve taken everything apart, leaving only motherboard and CPU left, and still the same result. I tested the PSU, it’s working fine. Has anyone run into similar issues before? I would really appreciate any help. Also, what would normally happen if one turns on the motherboard with no CPU in it? 271.mp4

yeah I know it's similar to hackintosh. And aside from legal issues, the software itself could have problems running like this and won't receive updates normally, so not really a good idea when dealing with precious docs and photos.

Seems there really isn't a perfect solution here. I'm going trueNAS mainly to put old hardware to good use, the current NAS is also just an old PC. So I will need to install Synology DSM in a VM if I wish to use it, hmmm....

Yes that could be a wifi issue, might try another day when I find the adapter. I still want to use photos mainly because it has support for all iPhone photos features, and I just have too many photos to manually manage. Although it's incompatibility with network share is indeed annoying...

Well I think it's mainly due to symlinks not working on other file systems. And it's quite possible apple won't try to "fix" this problem thanks to iCloud.

iCloud is easy to use across devices, but it want the same thing downloaded everywhere or its icon shown everywhere, which becomes very annoying when one has too many photos and videos, even if I purchase the 2TB cloud storage. The way photos works and the structure of the photo library made it impossible to work correctly directly on network share, though it is very simple to use with iPhones and has proper support for all iPhone photo features, such as live-photo, so I would still prefer using it if possible.

I once tried creating a sparse image formatted as HFS on a smb share on the current Windows NAS. It worked at first, so no problem with the file system. But after about 150 photos are transferred the process stopped and the smb share itself unmounted and disconnected. I don't know if this has something to do with Windows SMB shares not working well with Mac or the Mac running on WiFi (but is only centimeters away from the router).

I'm planning to build a new NAS based on TrueNAS (not very recently, maybe in a year or two when my current E5 + X99 setup retire, so that I can have a NAS that supports RECC ram. My current NAS is built based on a Asus pc with pentium running windows. ) It might sound weird why would I want DAS functionality if I can already connect to it through ethernet. The reason is that I'd like to use Apple's photos app on the Mac to manage photos for my family since most photos and videos are shot on iPhones. However, due to how the Mac photo library works, it has poor support for network shares (be it SMB share or even apple's own AFP share). It should have something to do with the network share filesystems, so it's best to put the photo library on a APFS/HFS+ formatted disk (or maybe virtual disk). I'm currently thinking of various ways to work around this. 1. Obviously if trueNAS supports sharing a virtual disk over USB or thunderbolt would be the best solution, but I don't know if it's possible, and if it is, does it also supports thunderbolt? The only downside of this would be the Mac cannot be too far away from the NAS. 2. Enable ISCSI on the NAS and connect the Mac directly to it. This allows the Mac to format the virtual disk connected via iSCSI as HFS+ and use all the features of the filesystem. However, macOS doesn't have built-in support for iSCSI, thus a third-party iSCSI initiator is required, and they're either unreasonably expensive or have very poor performance or are out of date and doesn't support recent arm-based Macs. 3. Have a Linux machine connecting to the ISCSI drive, and map itself as usb/thunderbolt storage device to the Mac. The Linux kernel does support USB OTG mode, but this way I'll need an extra machine on the network. I do have a raspberry pi, though its usb2 link is too slow and the fastest connection I can find on single board computers is usb3.0, which is ok but I worry a bit about stability. I don't know if it's possible to run a Linux VM doing the same thing, that would be great, but are there VMs that's capable of USB-OTG? 4. Have a removable hard disk for this work. I would do this if my mum hadn't taken hundreds of gigs of photos on her iPhone So... what would be the best solution? Or maybe there're better ways to do it? Also I'm considering between BSD based TrueNAS core and Linux based Scale, I know scale isn't out of beta yet, but I think it would be when I set up the new NAS. Is there any benefits to go the linux based trueNAS scale? (I know thunderbolt won't be possible on BSD for the time-being, but TrueNAS Scale doesn't seem to utilize it either)

The 80~86% CPU usage is more like a windows task manager bug, as long as the CPU doesn't work at its stock speed, it won't show 100% usage. There's likely a workaround to run this chip at its stock speed, simply replace the OS with Windows 7/Server 2008 R2, because Windows versions newer than Windows 8 have restrictions on certain Ivy-Bridge E/EP processors' core ratio. Or ThrottleStop can also do the trick. There're cases where a ivy-bridge Xeon cannot run at maximum turbo core ratio on Windows Server 2019 but can run at higher core clocks on Windows Server 2008 R2 and reaching 100% CPU usage.

I wonder if this really is a just-software fix, since even iFixit didn't find any changes in the cooling system.

You didn't get my point. Some people just need the whole "Apple" experience, some people need to program using Xcode or edit in FCP, and some people need to use attach thunderbolt devices, or maybe someone just want to keep his desk tidy... There're many reasons and scenarios where someone would want an iMac. and there's nothing wrong about it, as long as the computer does the job. By the way, thunderbolt can cost a lot.

He said "compared to building your own comparable desktop setup with the SAME FEATURES." Seems you missed something in the video.

Maybe because Linus wasn't actually going straight for performance per dollar. ? They did come up with two PC builds in the iMac Pro video, and they did achieve better performance with less bucks. They just didn't do so for the iMac 2019 video.

Thought your point was price to performance, sorry that I misunderstood.

If you are discussing pure price to performance, of course you'd go for a PC. And not even your build. One can save more money by: Use H110 boards that come with ddr3 sockets, flash the modded bios. Use ddr3 Rams Use leaked i9 9900k qs chips which delivers the same performance And there're really many people doing this. Of course they won't need a Mac, and they are not Apple's targeted customers.

LG Ultrafines use the same panel as iMacs. It comes in either 4k or 5k.

I believe Linus already talked about this way back in the iMac Pro video. He was trying to make a build as similar to the iMac as possible. Of course you can achieve better performance with less money by giving up feautures or parts you don't need, but someone will need the feature you gave up, and that's why these people will go for the iMac. Computers are really tools, getting the right tool for the right workflow is the key. For some people, Mac is the right tools, and for others, PCs are. The computer should serve its purpose well, that's what matters.

A 4k iMac still gets the better screen. The screen actually hat more pixels (4096 x 2304) than a ordinary 4k uhd display. And of course, more pixel density and better color accuracy. And since you build PCs for money, your statements cannot be considered objective. You can find many reasons to go for a PC, while Apple can find many reasons to go for a Mac.

First of all, that screen you chose isn't 5k and has nowhere near the pixel density of a 5k iMac. Second, the qlc sata ssd... Seriously, did you really check what Apple put in iMacs? At least a nvme ssd with TLC nand, please... By the way, iMac is an AIO. It takes up less space and looks clean on the desk. There're people who do need these kind of machines rather than PCs in cases and are willing to pay for that. There's no point convincing everyone to avoid Macs and switch to PC.

Perhaps a Mac mini 2018 with Core i3/i5 and 10G Ethernet? Connect it to some thunderbolt drive bay. That should be sufficient, and running macOS means it can support apple file sharing protocols. Or the core i7 model, if they need some video rendering performance. I wouldn’t recommend macOS server though, that software isn’t going to be supported or updated in the future. But macOS itself is sufficient for your need.

I mean if the user can use ddr3 ram in his new system with this H310C, he will save a lot.