Nathanpete

For specs, im just going to include the FB ad for it, I haven't yet received the product. Im in need of money, and would like to flip this in under 4 weeks. How liquid is ~2016-2017 server hardware like this. Do I sell as is, or strip it for parts? Any other advice as this is my first time flipping tech stuff is appreciated.

I always felt like they were nonsense scams, nvm.

IIRC, those so called "Ram Cleaning" apps work by just artificially load up the RAM to force the system to push some of the memory into the page/swap file. And I know its not a great idea to use them because they have their problems? But I feel like such a solution would work great for my current problem I'm facing. Now the only Ram Cleaning software I am familiar with was bundled in with the IObit anti-virus, and I DO NOT want to use that piece of bundleware again. So does anyone know of any simple, freeware or open source software to accomplish the same goal of pushing memory into the page file? I feel like heard the description of how Ram Cleaning apps work on Techquickie because I remember there being visual aid using a sticky note placed on top of a bunch of other stuff, probably other sticky notes, to symbolize the artificial load, but a quick YouTube search doesn't show any videos from that channel where they discuss this method. But that doesn't matter unless I got the method Ram Cleaning apps used totally wrong.

Ok, I didn't need to use the discord method. I just opened a PNG I had downloaded, selected FastStone as the file association, and then FastStone was an option in the Default Apps page. Yippee!

Ok, so apparently redownloading + reinstalling the latest version of the browsers from their respective websites fixed the issue. I was able to select it as an option when opening links in discord, no clue if it appeared as an option in the Default Apps section. Going to try this with FastStone, but im actually not as hopeful since I cant really use the discord method. I will be back with an update if that worked, and if it does, I will mark this post as the Answer.

Ok, so chrome, which I normally dont use, was saying it couldn't update, and that I needed to reinstall. After re-installing, I clicked a link in discord and it brought up this menu. Progress??

This is annoying me to no end, but within Windows 10, going to settings>apps>default apps, I cannot set any single program that is not bundled in with W10, or from the MS Store, as my default app for any category. For example: Cant set Chrome OR Brave as my default browser, the only options are: Microsoft Edge, IE, and Edge again, but without an icon this time (it still opens in Edge though with this option), and 'Look for an app in the Microsoft Store.' While Brave, my primary browser, alongside Opera and Firefox, are available in the MS store, I have no clue how the MS store version of brave would affect my existing version. I really don't want to use Edge, I really really like Brave. I was only able to set Music Player and Video Player to VLC by downloading VLC from the MS Store. (Thankfully it seems like the new VLC icon that appeared in my start menu still redirects to my existing installation of VLC, so I don't think I lost any of my preferences, at least I don't think so.) But most importantly, I prefer to use FastStone Image Viewer as my default photo viewer for every single photo file type. I had previously gotten it to work, I forget how, but in trying to fix my issue with browsers, I pressed "Reset" in Settings>Default Apps, and this set Photo Viewer and all relevant file type associations back to the windows Photos app. FastStone is not an available option to pick in the drop down menus, and FastStone is not in the MS Store. Additional information: Selecting 'Choose default apps by file type' in Settings still only shows bundled or MS Store applications, same thing goes for 'Choose default apps by protocol.' Notepad++ was the only application between the trio of NP++, FastStone, and VLC that had a menu that allowed me to customize its file associations. These changes did end up carrying over to the 'Choose default apps by file type' page. Btw, using the Make Default button in Web Browsers does this: default web browser.mp4 so no, unfortunately that simple solution won't work. But how in the world can I fix the Photos and Web Browser categories??? This is driving me nuts!

Ive used that rosewill case before, it was absolute ass to build in. Also, I still hate myself for spending fucking $660 for a 5600 XT right after the peak in GPU prices. Only $160 for one right now. Fuck me.

Hmmm, interesting. Coolio

So an ancient form of capture card? And man if only modern GPUs had names as cool as that

Maybe it isnt that ancient. But I entered the PC enthusiast scene in like 2017, and anything older than GTX 900 is ancient to me. I'd estimate this hardware is somewhere from 2008-2013 given the other hardware I found with it. It is a single slot width, it's connector is PCI-E x4, it has two DVI outputs, and I found it in an old, dual socket Xeon computer that I was scrapping. It was an OEM computer, not something custom. Can someone help identify what it is? Edit: the PC has a MS Office Pro 2010 product key on the side, so that indicates that the computer was manufactured in 2010.

This has been a feature of PCs for over a decade, and I'm certain even my own phone does that. It's called paging or swapping, and my phone manages the capacity and what's in it automatically. In One UI 4.1, you probably just now have the option to manage the capacity yourself.

Unfortunately, the two of the four big makers of DDR3 chips has stopped or massively slowed down production as of early 2021, and a huge quantity of what is no longer being used get sent to a recycler or a landfill instead of fulfilling a second hand market. Bc of that, supply of DDR3 is shorter than demand in the current market, and ofc that means raised prices.

Makes sense.

Their existing 8GB just won't cut it nowadays, especially on windows 10. Possibly, but if you choose a random 8GB 1866 MHz stick, I would say u got like a 1 in 3 chance it works. That's because there are three makers of the DRAM chips inside of a RAM stick: Micron (Crucial), SK Hynix, and Samsung. Idk who Kingston used in the DDR3 days, but if you got a stick of RAM from another brand, it will only really work (as in it will still work but like not in a good way) if that stick also uses similar DRAM chips from the same DRAM maker. In your case, your chances of it working without a fight is best if you purchase a 8GB 1866MHz HyperX stick.