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Thing is, a lot of people have noted that LGA 1366 motherboards are expensive, but remember, when you're on a budget, you're not supposed to be looking for high-end gaming boards for $200, but rather server boards that can be had for ~$50 (or whole systems) for a very cheap price as said above. For some reason, people make it like buying a server motherboard that can't overclock is some kind of filthy peasant move or something, despite being on a tight budget. I mean maybe I'm over-blowing it, but it seems to be present in Youtube videos on these processors as well... I don't get it.

Oh, and on a side note talking about IWI, I know a lot of guys are absolute fanatics about the Galil. They say it's the AK, perfected. Hoping to shoot one soon, as I never really thought about doing so before reading and watching the past several weaks.

Appreciate the range report! Just wish I could afford to drive to the local shop and just buy one. My favorite indoor range did have the "standard" Tavor and I enjoyed shooting it. I'm not too familiar with them overall. Is the X95 meant to be a Tavor Gen 2, or does it fit a whole separate purpose? Because it seems pretty similar aesthetically, just being shrunk slightly..?

Seconded, but maybe go for the X5675. For a few bucks more, I'd say the price is warranted. I mostly figure value by Passmark CPU Mark score / price. Although that benchmark doesn't do great with dual CPU's the way Cinebench, or an actual video editing software or otherwise would, so don't look at the multi-CPU scores on passmark as they're deceiving. But I digress... I just scored a T7500 (with the riser for a dual CPU) for $175 (with 4GB RAM and an old Nvidia 8800GT), plus $80 for the two X5675's for upgrading. Only thing is, the main board's passively-cooled X5675 runs hot under 100% load, upwards of 85C, but I'm looking to ziptie on a cheap Dell 5-pin fan to the heatsink. The riser board's CPU is cooled with a dedicated cooler w/ fan, so it does a lot better, about 70C. Anyway, all that for around $250? You'll spend $300 on a 2700x ALONE, and for only about a 25% increase in performance. Though it'll consume about half the power, similar TDP, dual CPU's... But that extra power isn't that big a tradeoff when your whole system costs less than the CPU for a new one... Anyway, REALLY worth considering IMO. Those old Westmere CPU's are near impossible to beat in price/performance. Maybe short of stealing.

Well... Depends what you're looking for. Your system is already pretty damn good. If you strictly want to play games at higher settings and resolution, then the 290, but really both are still pretty decent components IMO. Unless you're looking to run a 1070 or higher, I wouldn't bother. An RX480/1060 6GB are a waste, as they won't perform that much better than the 290. Then again, 1070's can be snagged for a very good price on Ebay if you catch the right auction. Like this. Not even an auction, a couple left, buy now for a little over $350. Not bad: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Gigabyte-Geforce-GTX-1070-G1-Gaming-8GB-Windforce-3X-Fans-GDDR5-FAST-SHIPPING/163086397299?epid=11003304627&hash=item25f8b4ef73:g:leoAAOSwF25bGSvS Damn good deal IMO...

You know, I'm gonna sound like such a noob, but in my 10+ mins of work, installing Xampp, and setting up No-IP and writing up a very basic index... Accessing my home server from my mobile network, or of course, anywhere in the world, was pretty exciting! So yeah, I know a ton more is going to have to go into this, but I'm pretty excited to see what I can whip up on this thing. Also, thanks for all the info you guys have already given me. Lots to consider, no doubt. Especially on keeping things locked down. It does make me think that running servers is (mostly) best left up to the big boys, but that doesn't mean this isn't fun. So are many of the security concerns basically regarding things like databases? If one were to run a completely HTML website, would the security concerns be as big? Just curious. Also, in an HTML-only site, with an open port 80, and absolutely no other changes, would my home network be at risk? The rest of the files on my host machine? I guess I'm trying to take care of things in a very step by step process, finding out what I'd need for what level of function and so on. Also, what are your thoughts on a physical firewall device? Needed for something basic like this? Or a waste of money when just testing?

I could swear there are some newer lower receiver designs that actually print a reinforced rearward portion of the lower separately where you would then screw and adhere them together. Something like below? Seemed to run pretty well, but I'd be more interested in a magazine, though I know I'm definitely going to have to work on it before I see any results, let alone fitting it properly in the mag well... Yeah, I mean like I said, it's mostly for the sake of science, and just seeing what is possible. But I definitely don't expect to have a fully working AR-15 with half the parts being 3D printed. Although that would be pretty cool. Oh, and I believe I saw a video a while back of a dude who printed a 10/22 magazine and it seemed to function flawlessly, so I'd love to try that.

I second Handbrake. Really nice software for compressing and converting video.

Hey gang, fellow enthusiast checking in! I was actually wondering what kind of luck you guys may have had with 3D printing parts, especially on a budget-friendly printer. I'd really like to try my hand at printing some functioning mags both AR-15 type and otherwise, maybe trying out printing an AR-15 lower, though I doubt I'd bother to use one for a build. Mostly a cool-factor type of thing. I've been taking a serious look at the Anycubic i3 Mega, but any other entry level printer would be fine, as long as it's accurate enough and can use the materials necessary for these kinds of parts. Thanks!

Some more great advice, much appreciated! I'm actually kind of surprised to hear that a server doesn't have to be particularly powerful. I mean, I know a few users don't need much, but would something like my rig be required for a site that gets, let's say a million views a day? Well, outside of network speed and bandwidth I mean. So what's with data centers running a metric crap-ton of cores and RAM? I know a lot of them are storing massive amounts of data, and I'd imagine more cores and RAM are better for a single server and it's files being accessed by a ton of users, or at least I'd imagine so... I mean suppose we were in a business environment and had a central data server for employees to use. I'd imagine that my rig would still be sufficient for a ton of people, wouldn't it? So yeah, is a lot of it just an "e-peen" thing? Naturally for complex calculations, stuff like that, more cores are better, but other than that, why the pressure for such powerful systems?

Damn. That's a lot of things to consider. But I'll definitely look into all of it, and I appreciate the extensive list! Well, I figure that if my server is going to be idle most of the day, running maybe 150 watts at the wall, and the $250 it costed me, I think it COULD be worthwhile. Although I didn't buy this thing with the intent of a web server, it's kind of a "If the shoe fits, wear it" type of deal. I actually bought it mostly for video editing, and things like handbrake and whatnot. My FX-8350 wasn't doing the job as fast as I'd like, and this thing performs well over 2x and I'm actually REALLY satisfied with the performance for the small pricetag. Heck, it rips through tasks like the newer processors ALONE that cost as much. Come to think of it... The dual X5675 system, RAM, hard drives and all actually only use a little over 300 watts at the wall under 100% load. FX-8350 without overclock is 260. Goes to show how wasteful these old FX CPU's are. But that's just an aside. Yeah, the thought has definitely crossed my mind in the past to try something like this. I actually have this super old late 90's Celeron (I think) system from my grandfather's office back in the early 2000's and was planning to mess with it in this way, but I think a proper workstation rig is a much better candidate.

Was a big candidate that I was checking out. Other was Xampp.

So I already have a hosting plan and run several websites. And it's fine! But for a while, I've been meaning to attempt to host my own web server. This way I'll have more flexibility and control over content, file size limits, and so on and so forth. Except now, I finally have hardware capable of actually doing this. Right now I'm rocking a dual-socket Xeon X5675 system, so 12 cores, 24 threads, and only 16GB of RAM right now, but I plan more like 64+. But that's a work in progress. I'm also running currently a 120GB SSD for OS, and a 1TB HDD for storage, which for a very small project with only my own content being hosted, would... Probably be fine, right? I have about 100mbps down, 20+mbps up speed at home. Now I know I'm not going to be hosting a website with 1,000,000 visitors a day on this thing and that the site would slow to a crawl if I tried. But truth is, I'm not IN that kind of position. Mostly this is just something I've wanted to try for a while, just for the sake of it. That you can have your own control over your own website. That's pretty cool to me! I'm sure this rig and my home connection could easily handle 1,000+ uniques a day without a hitch, on a site where each page is averaging, let's say, 500KB worth of content. I know I'll need a static IP, though as I understand it, there are ways around this with a number of different services that can give you a static IP, then communicate with your connected server. I think... So where would you suggest I start? I'm experienced with the hardware side of things, also some HTML/CSS but I'd probably use a CMS of some sort, so that's just an aside. I'm also kind of worried about security. Suppose I'm hosting a simple Wordpress site for example. What vulnerabilities would I have to worry about in regards to my own home network? I'm well-aware that my site could be hacked through vulnerabilities, be hijacked to host viruses, all that kind of stuff. But what about my own personal data on the other machines I have on my home network? Should I perhaps have a dedicated router, stuff like that? I guess my ideal start, would simply to put up a text-based site index and be able to access it from anywhere. And on top of that, keep the rest of my personal data and machines on my own home network, SAFE. And after that point, I could start to get a bit more fancy. But those are my starting priorities. I'd then like to try my hand at maybe installing something like clipbucket, test out a remote video upload from an outside location, stuff like that. This is all a learning experience to start with, and I'd absolutely love to hear from anyone who's tried projects like this, learn about all the things to consider, any pitfalls you've experienced and so on! Thanks for your time! I'd love to hear from someone.

Ah, that's disappointing... I'm not one to spam for a certain post count, but I don't really want to sell locally on Craigslist, and I'd also rather avoid Ebay fees if possible... :'(

So I've done some thinking. I feel as though anything I could potentially mine with current hardware just takes too damn long to ROI as compared to the benefits of getting rid of my hardware now and upgrading for similar cost. I think I'll just keep a few cards, and sell off the majority. Are we allowed to sell here on the forum..?

Yeah, I don't really mind showing my failure if it helps even one careless person who was in a rush like myself, avoid something like this lmao. But the truth is, this has probably happened to more people than will readily admit it on a forum. Also as an aside, you should see my cable management...

I can very much relate to your experiences. I have pretty bad anxiety though, so attribute a lot of my tiredness/fatigue to that. I'm also an introvert, so I definitely need a recharge after highly social type of situations. How are you doing in that department? Any excessive anxiety/depression, other than a normal amount for your daily stress levels?

Anyone have good estimates as to when the new stuff is coming out? Nvidia seems like they recently said "not for a while". Probably due to no competition from AMD right now. And I know Navi is at LEAST early to mid-2019. Vega 7nm might come sooner, but are likely going to be pretty expensive, not that extreme bang for the buck expectations for Navi. Either way, I doubt prices on these cards are going up by any means, so I guess this still ain't a bad time to sell off.

Yeah, I mostly have RX 470's and 470's. I'll probably keep 1 480 8GB (a Red Devil) and maybe an old 280x, maybe my 390... Other than that, not a whole lot...

Yeah, I see you guys totally get where I'm coming from. I think I may just do it. It's not a question of needing more performance, so much as trying to get more for my money by doing a bit of work now, to overhaul all my stuff later. And I'm definitely feeling there might be something to that... Suppose AMD really does meet GTX 1080 performance at $200-250 next year. That would be a big win if offloading my stuff now. I haven't mined in a while, but I do also worry that some good PoW projects could come along and I'll be caught without hardware. But then again, by not mining right now, my hardware is not being utilized and would only keep going down in value without any benefit of owning all of it... Hmm...

So... I feel we are now at a turning point in the GPU market. New products are on the horizon, and the current-gen stuff is still holding its value really well. In fact, used GPU's are now going for approximately their MSRP prices, several years later. Especially AMD-based cards, which is primarily what I own. Do you think it would be a smart move in this current market, to offload most of my old hardware, then wait a number of months for the new stuff to come out, and hopefully be able to get new, faster hardware at relatively similar prices? What's your take on this?

Well, mostly. But remember, there are people who will spend several hours polishing up their IHS to a damn mirror, get 1 degree C difference in temps, and call it "A MASSIVE SUCCESS, OMQ!!" Like, shouldn't the benefit be somewhat proportional to the cost/effort? I guess it's mostly for fun, but as far as I know, this is true for de-lidding as well..? That an AR-15 bolt face btw? What model you running?

Bump..?

Going to respond to your Kek by saying that I did, missed it, and just went back again to find them, and noticed that the warning isn't all that clear and can be easily overlooked. Although I'm probably wasting my time even responding to this stupidity.

Thanks bro, much appreciated...