Dutch_Master

Okay, I missed the SBC part (I'd assumed this was a Chinese x86 clone board). What M.2 drives are you using, are they NVMe/PCIe or SATA? The key (sic ) is the key of the drive: NVMe drives only have one notch (M-key) while SATA drives have 2 (both B and M-key). A pure NVMe slot does not support SATA drives.

It's in the BIOS. Read the manual for your board to learn how to get access to said BIOS and where you can find the setting itself. Do note: older systems do NOT support bifurcation of PCIe slots! If it's not in the manual, your board doesn't support it.

If you compress the data, it'll take (way!) less then 100GB of storage. Encrypting it makes it safe(r) for storage on public servers, but increases the size. Use the tar command on any Linux distro (including TrueNAS Scale) to create a compressed file for your data. HTH!

If you're comfortable with potentially loosing files, or a non-bootable PC, then by all means make a RAID0 with these drives. If your data has any value above zero to you, then avoid RAID0 like the plague Your message implies you have more of those drives, why not create a RAID5 or even RAID6, this allows for redundancy (of 1 resp. 2 drives) while still increasing storage capacity. HTH!

No, that's part of the heat dissipation. It's a thermo-pad (not rubber!) that conducts heat from the M.2 drive to the mainboard so it's easier to dissipate.

Consider a PicoPSU unit: plugs directly into a 20/24pin PSU connector, has limited external power connectivity otherwise (mostly just 1 SATA and/or 1 Molex) but only takes a small hole for the DC-barrel jack for a laptop power brick. Comes in a range of power sizes, from 90 to 200W output.

Go for the deal. A 12600K is a significant upgrade over your current CPU and allows for more FPS and/or higher settings for your games. A water cooler on your current CPU just doesn't offer the same performance boost.

Did you enable bifurcation for the PCIe slots used? If not, do so

For starters, boot a Linux Live CD-R to see what's actually in the system. You don't need a harddrive for that. Next, install the system-OS SSD from your old system and see if it recognises your new PC components. After that, just add more drives. It's likely your data can (and will) be reused. As for the licence key, accept a test licence for now and upgrade to a new key once you've obtained that. Or install Linux outright, no paid-for S/W key required

Yeah, it's still April 1st somewhere in the Universe

Well, it explains why the video was dropped a day early

I know, I live in one of those despised European socialist countries (founding member of NATO, and all predecessors of the current EU, home of the International Peace Court as well as several International Criminal Courts. Not to mention the biggest flower auction on the planet and only 2nd to the US in agriculture exports, key transport hub in NW-Europe and inventors of the Exchange system now dominated by Wall Street. And the first multinational company, the VOC. But to Americans, we're the loathed socialists ) What we got in return of our tax-euro's? Don't ask me, this guy knows: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustBikes And this from that other "socialist" country, Germany: https://www.youtube.com/@TypeAshton Please explore their channels, and many like them, for a North-American view of European solutions to problems the US and Canada also have.

Well, it is the Off Topic section, so whaddaya expect?

NTSB report on bridge collapse near Pittsburg, PA, with animations and actual footage of the collapse: It's easy to conclude the root cause of the collapse was lack of maintenance on the part of PennDOT. But that leaves the question: why didn't they maintain the bridge as they should, especially after nearly 8 years of alarming reports on the rapidly deteriorating state of the bridge? If you know the answer, let us know too!

1. Correct: SAS controllers can communicate with SATA drives, but not the other way round. 2. Depending on future upgrade plans, you may opt to spread the load from the drives over more then a single HBA. There are mixed HBA's, that have both internal and external connectors, the latter to connect to a disk shelf. Or as Linus demonstrated in an earlier video on his NetApp rack, a string of disk-shelves. For your case, a 16-drive internal and a mixed 8i8e HBA (dual external ports) might be sufficiently interesting to investigate. Buy from reputable sources or if you're shopping on Aliexpress, make sure the shop exists for over a year minimum. 3. Obviously, you need cables with connectors that suit both the HBA as well as the backplane. They might be SFF8643, but there are different standards in use so pay close attention which connectors you need. HTH!