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Thank you both! Will look into the mac's instead!

Never actually considered the mac's, the price is also quiet attractive for what there. Would there be a minimum ram spec I should aim towards?

Budget (including currency): A$1000 Country: Australia Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Plex/Jellyfin Other details: Hi All, Looking at building a new plex/jellyfin server to replace my current solution (Plex running on my 5900x/6900xt workstation) in an attempt to lower the power usage of having a pc running 24/7. I've done as much research as I can and I'm receiving a lot of mixed info. My current Plex server has predominantly 4k movies and plays to a 4k TV and on occasion a 1440p laptop which I usually end up playing in 4k too instead of converting to a lower quality. After looking online I've concluded that I should only be looking at intel cpu's with a passmark score of 17000 and above however I have seen people using AMD based PC's with no issue (myself included). Is anyone able to advise if there's any hidden issues with using an amd based system? My AMD based options are a bit cheaper. I don't have Plex Pass so I have no access to hardware transcoding however I am open to switching to JellyFin as well if it allows me to build a cheaper system using AMD. My preferred build would be a NUC/mini pc based system so I can fit it in my media cabinet easily. I've found the following: Intel: https://www.mwave.com.au/product/msi-pro-dp10-13m-barebone-sff-pc-i51340p-wifi-bt-black-ac61825 $799 AMD: https://www.mwave.com.au/product/asus-mini-pc-pn52-barebone-kit-amd-ryzen-5-5600h-ac60894 Any help would be appreciated.

Sorry, bio has been out of date for sometime but yeah its a 6900xt. I was wanting to have the M.2's in raid so I the second slot wouldn't provide enough for me. Thanks for the info, I'll have to go back to the drawing board for my plan. But good to know!

Hi All, Just wanting some advice on the following, I'm trying to add some extra storage onto my setup via the use of a PCIE M.2 Expansion card (here). I have an Asus B550-F motherboard with a 5900x. Currently, I have the following slots populated: GPU in the first X16 slot (X16_1) M.2 in the upper M.2 slot (M2_1) Wifi card in the X1 slot (X1_2) I was wondering if the motherboard can support 2 SSD's in the expansion card slot if put it in the lower X16 (X16_2) slot? The amazon ad references PCIe Bifurcation and after looking at some of Asus's support documents (here) it states that the upper X16 slot can support 3 SSD's and the lower can only support 1. If I switch my GPU to the second slot will I be significantly impeded in the performance of the GPU? Or is there some tricker to get the expansion card to work in the lower slot? TIA

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Hey guys, Recently slapped a waterblock on my [working] r9 290x and now I'm having a few issues with it working. Prior to putting this new block on I flashed the card with a bios from a 390x which was accidentally an 8GB model I have a 4gb model so this ended up causing crashing and other issues, I flashed the stock bios back and it was all working well. This card has dual bios however neither of the bios's are working now. I'm able to get into windows and what not but as soon as the card gets a load put on it, the system crashes and the video output stops. I've tried to reflash my stock bios that I made a backup of from a 'dos' state using ATIFlash but it says the adapter is not found. I've seen on some other forums of people jumping the bios chip on the motherboard (https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/re-flash-corrupted-vga-bios.175521/). I was wondering if anyone could suggest something or give me some diagrams for the PCB of a reference R9 290x? TIA

I noticed that one of the leads from the magnet coil had come off the underside of the pcb which would have probably been the reason why its dead now however I can't find the wire that's fallen to resolder it

Well initially it was spinning /humming and I could feel a bit of air. So I pulled it apart and it was clean on the fins so I put it back together now it just doesn't do anything at all not sure whats up with it but I've given up on it as I don't want it dying when I'm not home

Sorry for the late reply. Was just about to go ahead with the mod when someone came fourth on a local sales page with a 290 block that fits so I've dropped my idea of jerry rigging it and decided to do it properly. Only issue is the pump he gave me is clogged or something I can head it spinning and moving a bit of air but it doesn't pump any water at all so my plans are on hold again

It'll surely be better than the current blower which is all I care for at the moment. I was planning on buying heat sinks for all the places that currently have a thermal pad connecting it to the main body of the cooler. I haven't been able to find too many waterblocks for this card anymore. Yeah I haven't had any luck the arctic accelero is 200$ alone which I am not willing to pay in the slightest for cards I got for ~220$.

Edited it my mistake. Yeah I read up on a bit but I couldn't really wrap my head around it. Oh okay, will the CPU have enough lanes for a 3rd gpu?

Hey Guys, So I've recently gotten into mining and have truly realsied how confusing it is. I've currently got 2 R9 290x's and love it. Its running on a Asrock AB350 Pro 4 motherboard with a Ryzen 3 1200. I was looking around and noticed people using some sort of riser to also utilize the smaller slots (circled in the picture) to connect more cards. I wasn't sure if this was a bitcoin section question or a motherboard question but my apologies if it is wrong. My question is if there is any downfall to getting risers and doing it that way and if the cpu is capable in terms of lanes etc? Thanks

I live in Brisbane, Aus so its hard to find them at a retailer and online they're just too expensive. I was almost considering just zip trying it on