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Really surprised no one mentioned Immich that is a literal drop-in replacement to Google Photos, with all bells and whistles (except OCR for now) of AI, object, scene, person recognition, and they have their own FREE app that works great by syncing up new photos/videos instantly. Hopefully the next cheap NAS video it can be at the spotlight.

I've seen quite a lot of good reviews and opinions about Deepcool LT720, and also from the newer WC from Lian Li Galahad II Performance that was very positively shilled by Tom's Hardware, so what is your overall opinion about both, given that here they cost basically the same? Or maybe, given the "short" lifespan of WC and for example an issue with the first revision of Galahad II being noisy, should I get something that cost half of them and has approximate cooling performance like Thermalright Frozen Notte 360? I do currently own a TR PS120SE but as I'm getting a new case (H9 Flow) I'm going for looks too, that's why the AIO.

Hey, I forgot to update this but thank you for your help! I decided to yolo and pull the trigger on everything, so CPU, Motherboard, RAM, Case and NVMEs where all bought from Aliexpress and only 7900XTX ($1280) and PSU from here. The final build is: R9 7900x x670 Gigabyte Aorus Elite AX 7900XTX Shapphire Pulse 2x 32GB Geil DDR5 6400MT/s CL32 1TB + 2TB WD SN850x Thermalright PS120SE XPG Core Reactor 850w Again I appreciate your help and patience @RONOTHAN##

Late update (that I forgot to do before), it turns out one of the RAM sticks doesn't work, as well as any other RAM that shares the same lane as it (A1 - A2 or B1 - B2).

Late update (that I forgot to do before), it turns out one of the RAM sticks doesn't work, as well as any other RAM that shares the same lane as it (A1 - A2 or B1 - B2).

Just run a separate optical HDMI/DP cable, on Aliexpress you can find like 30m ones for around $60, they have even micro HDMI if you need to pass the cable trough conduits, and you can use a USB DAC for audio, it works perfectly fine with this kind of rj45 USB extender. But yeah as someone said here, the closest thing to this all-in-one solution is thunderbolt extender, but it's obscenely expensive. I guess you got a bad product, even though the one I had died too (paid only $20 on Aliexpress) it worked just fine on Windows 10/11/Linux/RPI, I used all of it's 4 ports (keyboard, mouse and Bluetooth dongle) and even connected the built-in USB3.0 hub from my monitor (Dell S2721DGFG) and I didn't have any issue at all with disconnections, glitches etc. (and in my case I used a cat5e cable that ran alongside a couple of POE ones). Any USB fiber extender with both USB 2.0 and 3.0 costs around $300-400 even on Aliexpress (https://aliexpress.com/item/1005005938340004.html), so it's way cheaper to use one of these copper extender for peripherals and maybe those USB3.0 fiber cable for data transmission .

Last week I've finally built my new rig with 7900x, 7900xtx Pulse, x670 Aorus Elite AX and 2 kits 2x32GB Geil 6400MT/s CL32. At first I did get it working and all 128GB of RAM were available, so naturally I tried to see if I could push a little more out of it (they where running at 4800MT/s CL30) with that Buildzoid timings and voltage, VSOC was 1.25v and VDDIO / MVDD / MVDDQ 1.4v (yes, it needs this voltage to achieve 6400MT/s, so nothing too extreme), and didn't had any luck with that. Hours later I realized that I was running only with 64GB of ram, and then the troubleshooting began with swapping RAM around, reseting BIOS each time, reseating CPU, loosening a bit the CPU socket and air cooler, changing the socket frame to the original one, I even cleaned the socket pins with ispropyl Alcohol using a soft paint brush but nothing changed. Most of the time, if I'm lucky only the last two RAM socket work (B_1 and B_2) or less commonly the first two (A_1 and A_2), If I try with different channels (A_2 and B_2) only the last stick is recognized, aside this the PC won't even post... I do have another RAM stick (XPG Lancer) that I can even EXPO it to 6000 MT/s (I don't remember if it is recognized on all slots tho, only tested on B_2). So yeah, I fucked up somehow, but did I damage the Mobo? CPU? BIOS is updated on latest version (F11a). Also before booting the computer for the first time, I installed that Thermalright CPU frame and when I removed it to check temps the CPU sticked in it and fell down over the socket pins (I was having some "weird" temps, that turned out to be ok for AM5), but it was near the top left corner, where by judging this AM5 Pinmap it has nothing to do with RAM or voltage input, and mostly two pins got bit bent (and I hopefully fixed it), based on that pinmap it's VSS/DP/USB), here is the photos of the pins and me trying to fix it. BUT after fixing this the computer did turn on recognizing all RAM sticks, only later when I changed timings that things went downhill. Also, somehow in the middle of the troubleshooting I was able to run 2x32GB at 6400MT/s CL32 lol, check it here https://www.passmark.com/baselines/V11/display.php?id=504282531456

I did, because most of the time it wouldn't post so resetting was the only way out.

Yes, F11a. What I'm really afraid is that I might have, somehow, damaged the motherboard or CPU.

I've built a new rig that I intended to use it with 4x32GB CL32 6400MT/s modules, but I knew that I couldn't run at that speed, and it did worked fine at 4800MT/s CL30, BUT, now the tricky part starts, I tried to improve timings as I couldn't change the frequency (wouldn't post), so I used Buildzoid's timings, and if I'm not mistaken after manually setting the voltages (exactly as the video, CPU 1.25v and Mem 1.4/1.35v (that ARE the voltages specified in the memory) the motherboard stopped recognizing more than 2 sticks at a time (one time I got 3 working, but only after rearranging in different slots many times), tho I'm not sure when this happened because I only realized later when stress testing with Memtest86+. I tried using these memory with another XPG Lancer that I had and couldn't get it all working anyway, with only one memory at the first slot near the CPU it didn't work too (even that XPG Lancer), or other times only the first two (A_1 A_2) or more frequently the last pair (B_1 B_2) worked, even tho all sticks where installed... I don't know what to do or who to blame, apparently all my RAM memory work fine, so... Who to blame aside me? CPU or Motherboard? Which one is more susceptible to this? The only way to troubleshoot would be with different parts but for that I'd need to buy them (and later return it). Yes, I also cleaned with a very soft paint brush w/ a bit of ispropyl Alcohol the socket pins and CPU contact pad, loosened the air cooler and socket mount, reseated both many times... Also EVERY TIME, even when all slots where recognized it took around 1:40min just to POST, which is an absurd. This is the original stock timings (with 4x32GB): Interestingly enough, in one of the tests with two sticks installed on A_2 and B_2 I was able to run 2x32GB 6400MT/s 32-39-39 (passmark result) Was stable and everything, BUT later when I went to tried again all sticks (before writing this post) it stopped working and I couldn't replicate this result again, and apparently, now I can't even run on two separate memory channels (A and B). And this is my rig: 7900x Thermalright PS120 SE Gigabyte x670 Aorus Elite AX 2x32GB DDR5 C32 6400MT/s Geil 2x32GB DDR5 C32 6400MT/s Geil XPG Core Reactor 850w 7900xtx Shapphire Pulse

Really? That sounds pretty good! I just think it's curious that it's expensive on Aliexpress compared to USA even tho these things are manufactured there, also I've found this from Newegg, but I don't think if it's worth the extra hassle for shipping (+$30) as there's no return in case of custom duty, but anyway, I've found a promo code that lowered down that Asgard 16GBx2 7200MHz to $193, I guess if in a near future I end up upgrading the CPU hopefully I'll be able to run at those higher frequencies. That's a good point, and the prices that I mentioned are from a neighbor country that I can buy there, here the cheapest is a $1270 7900xt Sapphire Pulse lol. Too bad there's not much info about that 7900xt Merc card, no idea if it's any better than Gigabyte or other cards.

Thanks for the info! So these are the parts that I'll probably end up buying, any advice? 7900x - $383 B650 Aorus Elite $275 Thermalright PS120 SE - $58 | I wanted FC140 but it's double the price ($50 just for shipping)... Trident Z5 2x16G 6000CL30 TZ5RK -$216 | This suspicious Asgard RAM that may have a good latency if lowered down to 6000MT/s GPU I have three options: Gigabyte 6900 XT - $690 Sapphire Nitro+ 6900 XT - $790 XFX Merc 310 7900 XT - $1000 There's also Nvidia cards but I'm not much into them (and are considerably more expensive), Gigabyte Eagle 4070 $790 and 4080 for $1300

After watching HUB review of these B650/X670, even tho b650 Gigabyte Gaming X has worse VRM (8x60A) and 6 layer PCB, they always held the lead with RAM frequency (6000MT/s), while other boards such as Asrock b650 Pro RS had issues with it (on the test there was no BIOS support to that, but now both have same 6400MT/s support), also now that you have mentioned it, B650 Aorus Elite seems to be the best option all around, tho it costs $275 meanwhile Gaming X is $206 and Pro RS is $248.

What do you say about Asrock X670E PG Lightning and Asus TUF Gaming X670E-Plus? Both are at $300, are they really worth it? Considering the feature set I don't see any advantage, only that their VRM are better. Btw both of these $200 boards (Gigabyte and MSI) are 6 layers (but with "double copper"), as you mentioned, would they have memory problems? Also I've found an brand-new 7900x for $380, so I guess I have a bit more margin for any other part anyway.

Yup, and I've searched for other motherboards and I found this MSI Pro B650-P, slightly cheaper ($200) while having better VRM (apparently other boards 8+2+1 w/ 53A might struggle with 7950x, so just imagine any future CPU), but I don't know their reputation. Ok, this really convinced me going AMD, and now it seems to be the obvious option lol, thanks! That's something that I overlooked, I guess only that board from Gigabyte has bios flashback. I haven't read much about but CL36 5600MT/s has kinda the same performance as 3200MHz CL16/18? So aside from price virtually both have the same performance whereas DDR5 has an edge in throughput? Yep, only if I get lucky in silicon lottery, but stability wise overclocking in a server isn't good anyway. I'm leaning towards something like Scythe Ninja 5 (as I can't find Fuma 2 anywhere), and about the case things get a bit wild, it's a open case but I'll install it inside a (well ventilated ofc) server case with switches router and etc.