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CrossfireAU

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About CrossfireAU

  • Birthday December 3

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    Crossfire#0870
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  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Australia

System

  • CPU
    AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
  • Motherboard
    MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK
  • RAM
    Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB (2x16GB)
  • GPU
    GIGABYTE RTX 3090 OC 24GB
  • PSU
    Corsair HX1200
  • Display(s)
    MSI MAG271C
  • Cooling
    Thermaltake 3.0 Water 240mm AIO
  • Keyboard
    Logitech G512 (Brown)
  • Mouse
    Razer Deathadder v2 (wireless)
  • Sound
    Audio Technica ATH-M40X
  • Operating System
    Windows 11
  • Phone
    Samsung Galaxy S23 128GB (White)

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  1. Understood. Any advantages for a Synology NAS in my use case? I think I'm leaning towards just doing it on the home system to keep cost down (hoping my dad will just leave the computer on so I can access it from afar without having to ask him to turn it back on). Ah yep I think a few things are clicking in my head conceptually. With the drive being mapped to the network, when I connect to the network it'll appear on my Windows Explorer as if I'm at home. Alright, well seems pretty simple actually. We'll see once I try putting it together. Thanks to you both.
  2. Thanks friend! Are there any advantages to self managing a RAID within Windows as opposed to something like Synology? Seems like Synology just seems more convenient but less customizable if I'm correct? Also something I'm curious about - if I'm trying to remote in with WireGuard or Tailscale or whatever, is it similar to TeamViewer where it takes over a current desktop view? Since it's my dad's PC I wouldn't want to interrupt whatever is happening on the desktop, but would still like to be able to access the storage drives. How would I go about that?
  3. Thought I was signing up for an account, but was actually signing back in to an account I made 3.5 years ago. I will likely be moving away from home and I want to create a multimedia and remote backup server for me to access from interstate. While I've been at home, my storage system works as follows: - 1TB primary NVME, two partitions (one for OS, one for games - 1TB HDD for long term games storage - 2TB main drive for my photography files (raw files, PSDs, TIFFs etc) - 2TB backup #1 of photo drive - 1TB backup #2 of photo drive In particular with reference to my photography drives, they are all in my home. Not quite following the 321 rule but it's worked for me thus far and our house/street is pretty safe. I will first discuss my needs for a remote backup server, and then I will go into the multimedia side of things. Before those, I must outline the hardware I'm working with. This server/config/whatever is (obviously) not going to be my primary machine (what I'm taking with my interstate). My dad built a crypto rig 2 years ago and since the crash it's been sitting fairly dormant. Specs are as follows: - MSI Z390 Plus LGA 1151 ATX Motherboard - Asus GeForce RTX 3070 KO Gaming 8G OC - Corsair HX1200 - Intel Core i5 9400F 6 Core LGA1151 2.9GHz - Corsair 16GB (2x8GB) LPX Vengeance (non RGB) - WD 240G Green M.2 SSD (SATA) - Windows 11 For photo, I would like to be able to upload to the computer from afar and do some basic file management. This got me thinking about a NAS as opposed to using internal hardware, but hopefully you can provide some insight there. I was perhaps thinking about an M.2 carrier card to put into the second PCIe slot, but I think best practice suggests just using typical NAS HDDs. I'd be looking to have a minimum of 2TB redundant (so 4TB total), but might go higher if I feel like it. For multimedia, my dad has an external hard drive with a bunch of ripped movies and TV shows that I'm worried might data rot or otherwise break if not backed up. First thing that popped to mind was something like Plex or Jellyfin. Which would be good so that I, or anyone else, can access the shows and watch them whenever they want. So that's basically all I think I can mention. Let me know if there's anything I've missed or anything that needs clarifying. One more thing I'll note is that this will be dad's PC, which he doesn't do anything heavy on, but he would not be happy if I switched the system to Linux, so Windows solutions are what I'm looking for! Thank you in advance for your time and generosity.
  4. I've been looking at the MSI Optix 27" 1080p 144hz. It's a VA panel. I just think that IPS panels are fairly expensive, and considering how far TN's have come since 2013, perhaps a VA is a decent compromise.
  5. Hi there, I've been doing heaps of research and can't make up my mind. I'm an amateur photographer, but also a casual gamer. The main games I play are CSGO, R6S, COD and Garry's Mod. My current monitor is a BenQ XL2720T from 2013. I'm torn between the response times of TN and the colours of IPS. Looking to spend no more than $400 AUD ($275 USD), ideally around $300 AUD ($200 USD) would be better. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Are there any decent TN's with good colour? Thanks :)
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