GreenGiant117

Thanks for the info, there is an automatic update setting in the QNAP but it just does not work. Sounds reasonable enough, the PC build is the easy part, done that a good 100+ times at least. The build I put together does include an ASRock motherboard funnily enough, found an open box Z690 (overkill I know) for $75, plenty of built in Sata ports, and triple M.2 slots, two that are usable without affecting the Sata ports and are raid capable for OS redundancy. Ideally I would like a motherboard with an IPMI but those bump the pricing to over $200 as far as I can find... I'll definitely need to stew on it a little longer, but honestly I think I'm leaning towards building... Definitely going to see if I can find an old system I can use to try setting up Proxmox before making the plunge though.

I think I can build a NAS for almost exactly the same price as the 4800 plus, btu with the added benefit of more drive bays, expandable PCIE slots for future upgrades, and the flexibility of being a PC. The main question comes down to, how much more time and effort is it going to take me to get the system up and running with what I want it to do. From memory, I think it took me about a week to get the old QNAP to a state where it worked, that being a week of a couple hours a night updating things, adding functionality, etc. Anyone have any thoughts on how long it would take to set up a basic file server using Proxmox from scratch? Looking for basically anecdotes with personal experiences first time using Proxmox and how smoothly the process went.

Fantastic info there, much appreciated. I'll definitely put them in the running. One of the things that always frustrated me about the QNAP was the sheer volume of apps and the lack of automatic updating for that, as far as I could tell the automatic update settings never worked, so every time I actually logged into the GUI (generally once every 2-4 months) there were a million notifications that things needed to be updated. How well is that handled in UGOS? I guess I was more wondering about interface and stuff, though I guess I could just look that up. I have dabbled with TrueNAS and similar but even with tutorials and procedures online very little is obvious when it comes to setting things up. Certain steps can only be done via SSH, or you need a software engineering degree in order to get a storage pool set up and available for network use/access.

I have seen some ads for the Ugreen kickstarter but was skeptical, how are they to use? How do they seem stability and security wise? The difference between a $50 case and a $100 rackmount will hardly break the bank on a project, my bigger concern would be difficulty in building it from scratch software wise. How is the process of setting up proxmox?

Budget (including currency): ~$1000 USD Country: US For the last 8 years or so, I have had a QNAP TS-451+ with 4 x 4TB HGST drives in it (in RAID 10 I'm pretty sure for data security), in the last couple weeks or so, it died, not sure exactly when but when I tried accessing it today that's when I noticed. For anyone interested I have come to learn this is a known issue with the Intel Celeron versions of this drive, specifically there is an issue with the LPC CLK signal. Fortunately I have the resources to do a quick fix to get it up and running again and am currently pulling the data off of it (I am guilty of not following the 3-2-1 rule for data, and had a lot of data only on the NAS) but that is only a temporary solution, so I will need to replace it with something in the near future. I did like the QNAP, the GUI left a little to be desired, but overall it was decent to work with, and file transfers are as fast as they can be. I will be looking through the usual suspects (TerraMaster, Synology, QNAP, Buffalo, etc) but I was wondering if I should take this opportunity to build something myself if it will provide more functionality within the same budget region. The TS451 was not being used for much, primarily file storage, Plex and pihole duties, which will be the same on the new one. Some functions I have looked at before that either would have been too much of a hassle on the QNAP, or I need more/different external hardware for: NVR (to replace Ring monthly charges, most likely for Ubiquiti cameras, though open to suggestions on those too) VMs (nothing very demanding) Virtual Assistant (to replace/work with Google assistant) Password management (if possible to integrate with we browsing and my phone when away from home) Contact syncing between mine and my wife's phones (of course I'm on Android and she's on Apple) Recipe book accessible on the phones Calendar syncing (to move away from Google Calendar/incorporate with it) I'm sure there are other things that I cannot think of at the moment. Only other things to consider: I do already have a network rack so something rack mountable would be ideal, but not necessary. 4 bays at least for expandability 2.5 GbE at least would be preferred, though I do have infrastructure for higher if it's in the cards 3.5 inch preferred as I will likely grab a couple IronWolf or Exos drives and RAID them. Any suggestions welcome. Also open to suggestions/examples of your own 3-2-1 data backup solutions that won't break the bank on a monthly basis are welcome.

So after subbing out all components we could with my computer (PSU, GPU, SSD, RAM) we were left with the CPU or Motherboard, took a chance, went to best buy and got a new board. Turns out it was the board, so we got that all working, but still... dead board out of the box sucks!

And I would agree with you, but running furmark and aida64 for 5 minutes didn't result in a crash, then loading a game after that caused a crash. Now however it's crashing barely past login, and sometimes during boot. I'm guessing a faulty power supply, but is there any other way to check? If need be we will use my known good psu and see what results that yields (seasoning 850 watt from 2018)

Nothing, we get a black screen then it boots as though it was off and the power button had been pressed (BIOS Splash Screen, windows loading, then windows login)

Helping a buddy get a new system up and running, just built it with him this evening specs are as follows: Ryzen 5600X MSI B550 PRO-VDH Wifi Samsung Evo 970 1TB EVGA XC3 Ultra GTX 3070ti Corsair RM750 Silicon Power Value Gaming 32GB DDR4 ‎SP032GXLZU320BDAJ7 After getting windows installed, and starting to install apps and gaming stuff (corsair iCue, Steam, epic, etc) it is now rebooting at random. I figured it was either a temperature thing or power thing, so when it was up I ran Aida 64 and Furmark to stress test RAM, CPU and GPU, with all that running, it ran fine for more than 5 minutes temps for CPU stayed below 75 and GPU below 60, but as soon as I stopped those and tried to open a game the PC rebooted, without blue screen or warning. I thought maybe it was a bios update, so I updated to the latest bios and now it's even worse. Any idea how to narrow down what component is causing the issues?

Am I the only one who notices that most LMG videos that use green screen the quality is not very great? For example see attached Green Screen image, there's the super defined line around Linus, and you can kinda see a little green still remaining in places. That and with any motion its almost like they are using a really slow sensor camera, there's exaggerated blur and ghosting (see Motion Blur image) where you can clearly see some greenish coloring around his fingers, and super blurred motion. I would think with all the camera and processing tech/software they have they'd be able to do a little cleaner green screen. I'm guessing that its to do with camera settings (shutter angle and aperture) leading to a "smudgier" frame? When shooting they know it's gonna be green screen (the big green wall behind them is a giveway here) so you'd think they would set the camera up for optimal settings to deal with that. I still watch the ones I am interested in, but it is hugely distracting for me, especially when there are plenty of other youtubers out there with better green screen quality. Anyone else bothered by it or is it just me?

Hi All, Until recently I have been using an old (ca 2008) Philips Home Theater in a Box solution, taking it with me from my parents house, to my first apartment, to my first house and now in my second. Unfortunately it recently died and despite my (and my father's) best efforts we cannot figure out what happened to it, it just doesn't power on, but after replacing just about every component in the power supply it still doesn't work. Since it only cost me about $75 over 10 years ago I think it is time to upgrade to something better especially given it's playing audio for an LG C8 65" It is essentially a home theater room, the TV is mounted on the wall, and there are in-wall wires for speakers (center, front left & right, and rear left & right). All of these with two HDMI cables run to a small closet on the other side of the room where I would like to put the receiver, the current sub is out of the closet but across the room from the TV. I have a pretty good understanding of audio systems, but unfortunately I just don't have the time to sink into researching a good receiver and speakers. I should note that I am in the US in the northeast My general requirements would be: Receiver requirements 5.1 channels SPDIF and/or Digital coax (I have a spdif to digital coax already run since the old system did not have spdif in) Receiver nice-to haves Dolby Atmos and DTS:X 7.2 channels Support for more speakers (there are 4 other speaker wires run through the house, two in the garage and two in the basement leading to the closet where the receiver will live) Speakers: Rears small enough to mount unobtrusively on the ceiling Good crisp sound Sub: Self powered Wireless Ideally cheaper is better, but I would put a budget on the receiver for around $300 or so, and speakers & sub around $150, budget is flexible, and would probably be bought over the next few months