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Hi, I appreciate this post is a bit old now, but I just read a blog post and apparently the new Fibrenest ONT now supports Bridge Mode. I'll post the link to the Blog post below. https://mevans.tech/posts/fibrenest_experiences/

Thanks! As it turns out, it seems to be an HDMI/HDCP issue. I get absolutely no video during POST (which means I can't enter the BIOS!) Screen eventually springs to life during Windows Boot. I've done all the usual BIOS/Driver updates. I have a Display Port to HDMI cable arriving imminently, will see if that manages to sort things.

Bit of an odd one, my Plex Server was offline this morning (was fine last night), so turned on the TV it's attached to. No output to the TV at all, figured it was the usual HDMI Handshake problem so gave the system a cold boot which usually sorts it. Now I get the Q-Code 9E. Manual says this is reserved for later use (which doesn't help me at all.) Has anyone else come across this problem or code? The only this that might possibly have changed are Windows Updates. Samsung 4k TV ROG STRIX B550-E Palit RTX 3060 Ryzen 5 3600 16GB Corsair DDR4 3600

I have the GD08, great case.

Cool, thanks guys. I have over 600 DVDs/BluRays not including the TV Box Sets, but think I’ll sacrifice speed for quality where the Visuals/Audio warrant it (Star Wars, Marvel etc). Well given that I already have an R5 3600 I’ll upgrade the GPU to an nVidia card next year once silly season ends and availability improves. I can always upgrade the CPU further down the road if need be. I have plenty of space in the GD08 case for 3 more 3.5” drives if need be, though to be honest, swapping the mechanicals out for SSDs is kind of appealing for a number of reasons. Cost is crazy though (6 x 4TB WD Red drives for a shade under £3,000)

Because it needs to transcode to multiple TVs around the house and elsewhere simultaneously. Plus I do play the occasional game when I have time. 5-10GB is doable, I’ll just need to replace each 4TB 3.5” drive with 3 x 4TB 2.5” SSDs and a RAID controller

Here’s a Hardware Upgrade question. What is more important, CPU or GPU when it comes to backing up DVDs and BluRays to disk? desired output x265 1080p mp4 with full 7.1 or 5.1 soundtrack where applicable. (Will go down to 720p for some titles) Current Hardware 16GB 3600 CL18 DDR4 B550 R5 3600 RX 5500XT 8G OC This is not really a gaming rig, 90% use case is an HTPC (Plex/Kodi) I will be getting a 5000 series CPU, my question is should I go R7 or R9 with a RX 6000 or RTX 3000? Speed is more important to me than overall size though I’d like to keep the files as small as possible. (Sub 3GB each?)

For a brand, BeQuiet or Corsair for me personally but a lot will depend on availability. For everything else, Steve @ GN has some sage advice.

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Day 6/7 It done and finished! It's so quiet! It booted first time (which was a relief ) The white streaks in the last pic is just the Sun coming through the Windows. Handy coincidence, the q-code LED is visible through the Top Vent.

Actually, the B550-E board has 2 x PCIe 4.0 x16 slots, so I could in theory move the GPU over one?

Hmmm, hadn't considered that, there is also a decent vent centre-rear of the lid of the case and with all the air from the bottom front intakes as well... Plus all of the fans are PWM. I'll keep an eye on the thermals though, thanks for the feedback, will definitely consider it if I need to!

Day 5 - Progress but a little disappointment! So, the Be Quiet PSU I wanted is now not available until October, so have switched to a Corsair for the time being. Can always switch it out later. Have installed the GPU though!

Day 4 - Super Happy with the cool Air Cooler!

Trust me, I've explored all options To give you a better idea of what the drive enclosure looks like. Going from right to left (the enclosure is rotated 180deg for the pic) 3 x 3.5" Drives (or 9 x 2.5" SSDs with a bay converter) 4 x 3.5" Drives depending on GPU length (or 12 x 2.5" SSDs) 2 x 5 1/4" Optical Drives with space for 2 x 2.5" SSDs mounted to the underside of the storage chassis roof 1 x 3.5" (or 3 x 2.5" SSD) vertically mounted at the end. To be fair, the case is an 8 year old design and was never intended to house a water cooler, it was worth a try as I didn't need Optical Drives in my rig. The AIO was configured with the Fan on top as exhaust, so fresh air from the intakes at the bottom push up and the idea was the AIO Fan would then pull air through in the Optical Bays. There's no mounting holes on the inner partition which is why the L brackets were only attached on one side. Having the hoses facing up doesn't allow the lid to close and puts too much tension on the correct position of the cooler block due to the small VRM fan that's part of the Arctic Liquid Freezer II. There is not enough clearance at the side for a side-mount due to the rad thickness and drive enclosure, and no space above the I/O plate at the rear. I had toyed with the idea of using a PCI slot mounting kit but couldn't find one suitable.

Day 3 - Disappointment So, as it turns out, even though I managed to mount a AIO in the 5 1/4" Bay, there isn't enough clearance for the hoses to get over the memory modules. Have order an Be Quiet Shadow Rock TF2 to take it's place.

Day 2 - Motherboard prep

Case manufacturer recommendation (their online/included manual is really excellent for stuff like this!) When using an ASUS ROG ATX systemboard (actually any ATX system board where there SATA ports are at a right-angle) then use a 1 x 120mm 3 x 80mm configuration.

Day 1 Silverstone Grandia GD08B case arrived today. Swapped out the 3 stock 120mm fans for 3 x BeQuiet Pure Wings 2 120mm PWMs and 5 x BeQuiet Pure Wings 2 80mm PWMs. Front and Sides are intake, Rear are exhaust. Also swapped out he front I/O plate from the stock 2 x USB 3.0/mic/headphones to 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type A/C/mic/headphones.

Hi Techies, looking for some advice on radiator fan orientation. ROG STRIX B550-E with Ryzen 3 3300X (will upgrade the processor in a year or so) ROG STRIX RX5500 XT 8GB 6 x 2TB Sandisk x600 1TB with upto 16 more going in as and when space is needed. 2 x WD RED NAS 3TB (will be replaced with SSD over time) Silverstone GD08B HTPC case Fans (front to back) All fans are Be Quiet Pure Wings 2 PWM. Along the Front bottom of the case as intake 1 x 120mm and 3 x 80mm under the drive chassis Right side as intake 2 x 120mm Rear as exhaust 2 x 80mm Silverstone says to allow a max of 138mm for the cooler rules out most Tower Air Coolers, the two TF coolers I did like sound of wouldn't provide much clearance once the lid is on which is why i'm opting for a 120mm AIO which will be mounted into the bottom of the 5 1/4" Optical Bay above the 120mm intake. That will obviously push air into the radiator, my question is do I mount a fan on top of the radiator pulling air through or should I mount it on top and push cool air down and have the warm air circulate around and out the top vent?. Thanks! Nick

OS? If it's Windows, then SyncToy is pretty handy for that. https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=15155

It's Friday evening here in the UK, which means watching Rodgmusic's live DJ set on his Twitch Channel.

Budget (including currency): £1000 Country: UK Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: HTPC and the odd game. List on Partpicker Current poor old Media Server HP Proliant Microserver N36L, AMD Athlon II Dual Core 1.3GHz, 8GB DDR2, 1 x SanDisk x600 1TB SSD, 1 x WD RED 3TB NAS, 1 x WD RED 4TB NAS (Brand New, replaced a failing 2TB WD GREEN), 1 x WD GREEN 2TB, Nvidia GeForce 440 Windows 10 Pro (requirement due to needing software that is Windows Only) KODI and PLEX This old girl has served me well for about 10 years. The Usurper SilverStone GD08B Grandia Desktop HTPC ATX/mATX Silent High Airflow Performance, Black 550W ASUS ROG Strix, Fully Modular, 80 PLUS Gold, SLI/CrossFire, Single Rail, 45A, 135mm Fan, ATX, PSU 3 x 120mm Arctic BioniX F120, 9 Blade, PWM, High Airflow Fan, 200-1800rpm, 69CFM, Fluid Dynamic Bearing, Black/Red, 4-pin 5 x 80mm Arctic F8 PWM PST, 9 Blade, Static Pressure Fan, 2000rpm, 31CFM, Fluid Dynamic Bearing, Black/White, 4-pin AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600X, AM4, Zen 2, 6 Core, 12 Thread, 3.8GHz, 4.4GHz Turbo, 32MB L3, PCIe 4.0, 95W, CPU, +Wraith Spire ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING, AMD B550, AM4, DDR4, PCIe 4.0, SATA3, Dual M.2, CrossFire, 2.5GbE, USB 3.2 Gen2 A+C, ATX 16GB (2x8GB) Corsair DDR4 Vengeance LPX Black, PC4-28800 (3600), Non-ECC Unbuff, CAS 18, 1.35V, AMD Ryzen Optimised ASUS GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER PHOENIX OC 4GB GDDR6 VR Ready Graphics Card, 1280 Core, 1530MHz GPU, 1740MHz Boost I'll use the existing SSD and 3/4TB Spinning Disks for now, but will add 2 x SSDs for every 1 x 3.5" Slot (with additional SATA controllers when needed.) Gives me the potential for 14 or so 2.5" Drives plus an m2.