Mind_001

Let me get it out right now. I am potentially deaf in my left ear. I can hear a "little" but not much. (Chemo did most of that) My right ear has maybe 80% of hearing. So I can hear out of it, but there's a lot of "Huh?". I do wear hearing aids. But only when I go out or people come over. I live in a pretty quiet neighborhood. However, my hearing aids are not BT compatible. So, that's out. (the function was available, but would cost me $500 out of my own pocket) I recently heard about these: https://www.amazon.com/Plantronics-Voyager-Wireless-Bluetooth-Headset/dp/B00DQ5NU76/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=phonics+headset+bt&qid=1633115383&sr=8-4 I mean 4.5 stars from 22k reviews can't be wrong. Can it? There are also cheap-o brands, too.. (not really considering, even though they're ~$20) Like the above, keep it near $100, and be sure to keep in mind the top paragraph.

How is the WD brand? I loved their HDDs, but how are they on SSDs? Yeah, yeah. ~$300 for all of them.

Well, when you sell a sample back to get a sample, you still get a sample. Forgot about that. He said that for Whannock server, too. Silly me.

Board and case was clean when I got mine. I don't know why everyone is complaining about that. Samples are different than the end product. I haven't open the h/s yet, but I don't have any liquid metal to reapply. Well, I've seen Linus use a lot of those Intel SSDs in his servers.

I am building a new system. I got this last night. https://store.minisforum.com/collections/all-product/products/hx90 GREAT product. Anyone that says it's trash, I have it, so there.. SO.. I need a M.2 NVME and 2x SATA SSDs. I thought of getting 1TB of each. NVME for system and SDDs in RAID 1 (or the linux software equivelant) for backup. I have read your tier list, and yes, Samsung is best, BUT I'm getting jittery as the 850 and 870 brand is going to be bad for Linux.. I have seen several other YT members use other SSDs than the Samsung brand. Seagate, Team Group, Silicon Power, Kingston, etc. Are these actually on the same level or greater than Samsung? Price doesn't matter, but I want ~$100-$120 for each SSD. NVME and 2x SATA SSDs.

I was actually looking at that second one..

What brand, though? there's like 1000 differemt ones...

I had an LG PK5, but sadly, it died. Capacitor or something blew. RIP. I DO have headphones/sets but I don't wear them 75% of the time. So a "speaker " is needed. But looking through speakers, they all look weird, and the "normal" ones are damn expensive. And most BT ones are little wanky speakers. I have been looking at sound bars. They are cheaper, and a lot of them have more functions. I did see Linus's video on them, but that was back in 2018. Lot can change in 3 years. Any recommendations here? Either NewEgg or Amazon. Looking at <=$50-75. Flexible pricing.

I currently am running a Razer BlackWidow V2 Chroma. Yellow switches. I DO have a Corsair K93 (don't quote me on that) keyboard, but that has MX Red. It is way too typing fast for my liking. I DO have some Dicky (cant remember model) keyboard, with MX Brown, only shows one color, but the matter with that, I need a num pad. I use it often. I need a new keyboard, as some keys aren't responding. Way out of warranty. I would like to have USB pass through. I have my wireless mouse dongle sitting there. Also, I prefer either MX Brown or MX Blue switches. (or variants, I'm not picky) I heard DAS keyboards are good. anything around $100.

Do you know a good, idk, "cage" to keep my modem, router, switch, and my UPS in? This is current layout: This is in the basement, I'm worried about everything getting clogged with dust. (like Linus' server room) All the ones I see are $150+. Is there a way I can protect these, or should I invest in a real wall-mountable case?

I been looking at that, and it seems rather like what PFSense is plus a few whistles...

I currently have a small AMD system that's running PFSense. It has 2x Ethernet ports. One is set to WAN, going from my Spectrum ISP Modem, other to LAN that goes into my switch. But that computer is slowly dying. Needed to reset it a few times this month. I just want something just in case, to replace this. Diagram of my network: I have heard about the Ubiquiti ER-X, BUT it has gone up $100 (to $160) since last year... Is there some better options? I have Spectrum internet, 200/11. So nothing too expensive should be needed here. Budget? ~$100

I have 2 server-grade boards. 775/Socket T (was looking at this: https://www.newegg.com/thermaltake-clp0534/p/N82E16835106152) 1366/Socket B (was looking at this: https://www.newegg.com/phanteks-ph-tc12ls-bk/p/N82E16835709039) I need heatsinks for both. I want to keep this low profile, so no tower heatsinks. With the age of the CPU's, there's only a few options. Anything under $50 each, should be great. I DO understand that there are server heatsinks, As below. But I don't think they cool that well. Do they?

I have most everything planned out, just need a motherboard. To get the AMD Ryzen 5000 gen, I need a B550 or X570 chipset. As X570 is upper class, and not really something I need to get into. B550 should be fine. I need at least 2x m.2 slots. As I plan to fit in my Samsung 500GB and 250GB m.2 NVME cards. I need wireless/BT, also. I prefer M-ATX. But if the price is right, I can go with a Mini-ITX or full ATX. I also hate some that have D-Sub ports. Just seems to alien for me. PS/2 ports also. WTF ever uses them anymore? I am looking at this one, 20% sale: https://www.newegg.com/asus-rog-strix-b550-f-gaming/p/N82E16813119311R Keep the price around $100-200. Any questions, ask!

So does that mean you don't care about my wishes? OLOy RAM? Who are they? I NEVER heard of them. And I heard weird ones, too...