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  1. Thanks a lot! So your suggestions are e.g. an i5-8400 CPU, 6x 2.80GHz, which is around 160-170€ atm, and a GTX 1050 is around 150€. That leaves around 100-max. 200€ for RAM and Mainboard, which seems doable. @Jurrunio as long as it doesn't shut down i am content with my current PC's performance. Sure, faster is always better, but I don't feel like it's completely overwhelmed by the tasks i am doing. If it wasn't shutting down randomly I'd keep it as it is or maybe consider upgrading in a few years when hopefully all he mining hype is dead again...
  2. Hi, i will have to look into getting some sort of new setup due to defects. That's about how I use my current two devices: PC: 2D Design and Layout projects (60%), Office and general productivity(40%). Notebook: Same as above, but around 20 vs. 80% Specifically I am doing Layout Projects in InDesign and (when it finally is released, in Affinity Designer), as well as illustrations and graphics design with PS, Gimp, and Illustrator. There are often big files, so I reckon since it's all 2D CPU and RAM is more important than GPU acceleration. Sometimes, the InDesign files have up to 10GBs (reports with many embedded graphics; big Posters for plotting with loads of dpi...) Until now I am using an AMD A10 5800k (=FM2 socket) build with 8GB of RAM at home and an Acer E111 with Celeron quadcore and 8GB for mobile use. I have to change something about the PC anyway, as I can't resolve its shutdown issues. I've litterally rebuilt it 3 times, with a new PSU, new Mainboard, swapped in different RAM, different system and different drives, checked all internal and peripheral devices. No issues found, PC still shuts down. I suspect the CPU or RAM to be at fault, so... I've had it and will build a new System. Specifically I'd like to get a new CPU, new Mainboard und RAM (and if the money is enough a new case) and keep the drives, PSU etc. since they're all new and/or free of troubles. This is the most cost effective solution imo. Replacing both my devices with a mobile workstation (Thinkpad with graphics Card for ~1000-1300€) doesn't seem worthwhile, as I mostly need the performance at home and for spontaneusly exporting graphics files in a different format or adding/hiding a few layers the notebook is good enough. At home I need the performance to handle bigger projects, to work with a decent Drawing pad and keyboard, monitor etc. Therefore I am leaning towards building a partially new PC. If you think otherwise, I'm open for advice. So, what's the best bang for the buck Combo of CPU, MB and RAM atm? Do I need a GPU or is a Ryzen APU okay? Is a higher clock more important for InDesign and Photoshop than more cores; i.e. should I rather get a top quadcore than a mediocre six-core CPU? Some goes for the RAM: should i rather get 8GBs of top notch RAM or 16GB with less mhz? If possible, I'd like to stay within 3-400€ for these parts, if it's particularly beneficial for futureproofing with a certain part I'd try to have 500€ on the side for this... I am looking at a bundle of AMD Ryzen 5 2400G (4x 3,6GHz), ASUS Prime B350-Plus Mainboard, 8GB DDR4 RAM (3200Mhz) for 350€ at a local store. If I source the parts indvidually and from different shops, I'm unable to beat the price by more than 10€, so I'm inclined to get everything with proper warranty locally. Do you reckon this is a sufficient setup? Or should I rather get a lesser CPU with a dedicated GPU? Thanks in advance for your help!
  3. general budget build imo means going for an apu rather than cpu + gpu. due to the whole krypto hype now is a bad time to buy anything that has a pci slot and can calculate ... so storage won't have to be as expensive, but be cautious with processors and ram atm... edit: specific idea: older fm2 processors are still fairly cheap: if you can still get an a10 5800k for around 80-100€, then you have a 4 year old, but decent base to go from. mainboards for this are from €30, look for some that accept ddr4 ram to have more choice. if it has to be a current latest gen socket, then others here have more knowledge than me...
  4. thanks, you are of course right concerning the lower power needed for the newer fm2 board. however i think that if i use this NAS as intended, every two weeks overnight and otherwise turn it off when not needed, i think the cost benefit outweighs the smaller electricity bill of course I could still use unraid on the "old" setup for a pool of all my old hdds, then the system would be completely free (save from the costs for the unraid system after the first 30 days).
  5. All right, this is encouraging to hear, thanks a lot!
  6. Hey, I've had the very same problem with my Acer E3-111 Netbook. I solved it by not taking the official Acer drivers. Instead I looked up the devices Hardware ID and then searched for the newest drivers for the specific device instead of for the whole setup. this then lead me to a driver from lenovo for my touchpad that was over half a year newer and which reportedly worked with the in my case freshly upgraded win10. since then it works. So i suggest you search for specific drivers for your trackpad by hardware ID, this might bring up newer / other functioning drivers.
  7. Hey, in the last months I've had major problems with the stability of my main PC. It randomly shuts down without any warnings and afterwards says ist had a "kernel power error". This is still unresolved, neither a swap of the Power supply, nor the mainboard, completeley blank and fresh system installation helped, bios updates to the mainboard also done. Anyway, this is not the topic here as I suspect the rooms power supply to maybe be the problem. Unrelated to how and when I will resolve this issue, it bugged me that I had next to no redundancy for backups and I want to build a little DIY-NAS out of my spare parts, which were swapped with no effect and work perfectly for the above mentioned reasons... -.- So I have some old PC with inversed ATX and Core 2 Quad, 4GB DDR3 RAM, integrated graphics. And I have a regular ATX FM2 Socket Mainboard, an MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 specifically which also has 6 SATA Ports and can take RAM up to at least DDR3. Also uselessly swapped out was a Corsair CX500-something PSU. I can use win 7 or 10. The NAS should be used as follows: File backups will come in Via Ethernet from 1 PC and 2 Notebooks in regular manner (once / twice a month). 1 RAID-1 pair will be for the PC, one RAID 1 Pair will be for the 2 laptops. . Some HDDs are there, but they aren't identical models and are very old, so I'd buy some cheap 1TB ones and have 4 of them setup as 2 RAID-1 pairs. That's enough as the very important things that must be backuped are documents, InDesign files and graphics stuff, which after deleting useless in-between step files doesnÄt take up much space either as it's all 2D-stuff, most of the Media files is music and also there in analogue forms So I either: - need to buy the storage, some fans n stuff and of course a processor for the fm2 socket. - or take the 2008 inverse ATX board with the Intel Core 2 Quad for the NAS. It's hella slow, but works. the system got retired due to age, not defects, so it isn't wrecked and imo could live on as a NAS as-is, save for new storage. this is my preferred option, because it wouldn't cost anything except for the drives of course. so what do you think, is this worth a try? which of the setups would you choose? older core2 quad or newer, but not already-there setup? as mentioned above, it's for overnight data backup stuff from multiple devices for as cheap as possible, no media streaming, remote rendering or such things... thanks in advance cracer
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