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Standeraas

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  1. Hi all, This seemed to be a simple topic nevertheless I had trouble finding any reliable information on this matter. So I have this crazy idea to create an external chassis with a PCI slot. Note that it isn't a misspelling but exactly the old PCI or PCI-X preferably, not the PCI Express. Though it might sound obsolete nowadays, let's leave it as an entirely hypothetical question. My thinking is that since it is possible to create an external PCI Express chassis with an expansion card that you can then plug to your laptop or PC with the Thunderbolt interface, would this have been possible with the older PCI standard? Once I've read somewhere that PCI and PCI Express are in general not compatible not only because of the physical differences within the slots, but more because of different protocols and highly complicated stuff on which sadly I'm no expert. So I suppose that creating a direct PCI / PCI-X external box with Thunderbolt connection might be an issue hard to resolve. However I did some research and found such adapter: https://www.startech.com/en-us/cards-adapters/pex1pci1 Given that I have a notion that this might somehow work? Let's imagine creating or simply buying an external PCI-E chassis with Thunderbolt interface and then plugging this adapter inside. Now, performance-wise it is a madness as PCI would hardly cover capabilities of modern interface standards. Since for now it is just hypothetical would anyone with experience concerning older hardware determine whether this could work or not? Thanks a lot :)
  2. Hello, Recently I completed a new build. After a bit of a struggle with graphics freezing, BIOS settings and Windows Update versions, I finally got this build very stable and performing exceptionally well. First problems were that the BSoD was occurring some every 15 mins upon booting with message error watchdog timeout. Windows Update version 1913 resolved this issue and temperatures are now OK and stable. However, the only thing that remains is that motherboard reports unusually high temperatures at two remaining gauges (82 and 91 degrees celsius on the photo). Actually I do not think that this impacts the performance in any way that it slows down the computer or something else.. but still I think this is not normal and could result in a failure if not taken care of. If anyone has some suggestions as to what this might be or what can be done (I believe a software issue?) to resolve this abnormal heating please share your ideas EDIT - the specs are: ASRock AB350M PRO4-F AMD Ryzen 7 2700X G.Skill Aegis DDR4 16 GB 3000 MHz CL16 (x2 = 32 GB) SSD Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB 2280 M.2 Sapphire Radeon RX 570 Pulse Lite 8 GB Thermaltake Litepower II Black 550W
  3. Okay, thanks for your answer. That's in fact what I hoped for. So basically I should look up the shape of the connector on the mobo and compare it to the plug provided by the case manufacturer right?
  4. Hey thanks a lot for your reply. Twice the bandwidth is a substantial difference.. Makes me think of changing the choice of motherboard. On the other hand I'm not sure whether 3.2 Gen 2 is already that popular in peripheral storage devices? Then again certainly it's gonna be more future proof. Tough choice
  5. Hello, I tried looking up something on these forums prior to starting this thread but had not found any definitive answer. I'd like to base my build on a case with a front USB type C port and a motherboard that has USB 3.2 Gen 1 header. Does the front USB-C require USB 3.2 Gen 2 or is Gen 1 simply enough? What would be the difference in speed if any? What other types of USB headers can function with a USB-C port on the front of the case? Thanks a lot for answers
  6. Hey hey, how does AMD generally compare to Intel in terms of their thermal output? I was thinking about making a fanless build based on the Streacom's DB4. Do you think there's much difference between CPUs of similar capabilities of AMD and Intel? Which one would produce less heat thus be easier to cool passively? I'm not considering overclocking, just stock speeds and voltage.
  7. Hey, thanks a lot for your reply. I can't say why I was so sure about the Thunderbolt header on this motherboard but I thought I saw it anyway you're right, I checked once again, there's nothing about it on the data sheet and looking at the photos I couldn't see the header on the board. Sigh. Thanks for sharing your experience. Could you describe what kind of issues did you encounter? Looks like I have to wait for Supermicro to issue their proper TB3 add-in card.
  8. Hello people, this is my first post here. Happy to see such a great community. For quite some time I've been searching for a good platform to create a powerful, and most importantly, future-proof Intel-based workstation. It would seem that the best motherboard I've found is the Supermicro X11SPA-T/F for a number of factors. It has a very powerful Intel C621 chipset, supports the brand new LGA 3647 socket (therefore I presume it will probably last quite crisp for a long time), has 7 PCIE 3.0 slots, 10Gb Ethernet and bunch of other stuff that is important for me. However, one of the absolutely mandatory prerequisite for me is the Thunderbolt 3 connection. While this board has a lot of USB ports, coupled with many different headers, the TB3 is absent. I work with audio and music production therefore TB3 is absolutely the very important thing as it is used for top tier audio interfaces. I realise that there is a way - Thunderbolt 3 Add-in cards. Now, I'm not a true nerd and the expert but from what I've learned, these cards require a specific Thunderbolt Header that typically appear as 5-pin or 8-pin header somewhere below PCIE slots. Furthermore, it would seem that motherboard makers design specific TB3 AICs to fit with their motherboards but not with other brands which doubles the problem. I heard opinions that for example Gigabyte's TB3 AIC doesn't work on an ASUS motherboard and vice-versa. Supermicro on the other hand, as far as I know, doesn't even manufacture any TB3 AIC at the moment. They used to make a TB2 card. I've found that on the specific Supermicro board that I mentioned above there's something called "General Purpose Input / Output Header". Does anyone have any knowledge about this GPIO connector? I couldn't find much info about it. Supermicro here claims their TB2 AIC uses this GPIO header for presumably the same purpose as the other brands would use the TB3 Header. At this point I'm a little bit confused. I've even seen guys put Gigabyte's TB3 AIC into an old Mac Pro 5.1 and that makes me wonder how does it really work with this whole compatibility issue between certain motherboards from one maker and an AIC from other company? So my question is - does anyone know if it would be somehow possible to use Gigabyte's TB3 AIC with the Supermicro Motherboard using the supermicro's GPIO header instead of TB header that would appear on Gigabyte's motherboard? If this is all not gonna work I have an alternative motherboard - the ASUS Pro WS C621-64L SAGE/10G. I already know it has the proper Thunderbolt Header and Asus manufactures the TB3 AICs for it. The problem is that it only has 5 PCIE slots compared to 7 on Supermicro (however that's not a particularly heavy downside for an Audio workstation) but it is also significantly more expensive. The heavy downside is actually that it has only one NVMe M.2 slot on the Asus motherboard compared to four M.2 on Supermicro. So for me it is plainly less for more if I'm not missing something. So, what do you people think about it?
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