Speedbird

Should be fine if all sticks are the same.

Your hard drive is fine, don't worry about people concern trolling. Portable HDDs have existed for years.

19 minutes ago, broks said:

Hello! 

Which is the most minimal Pi model for watching 1080p/4k movies through Plex using external HDD as storage?

I've seen a couple videos on Youtube that people are using different models for same task (media server and storage).

Will you be transcoding video?

1 minute ago, icase81 said:

Check your cabling and check what speed the NIC is actually connected at. It might be negotiating down to 100Mbit.

Network adapter properties reports it as running at 1 gigabit. I have one cable running from the computer to the port on the wall.

I should also note that this is in a university dorm room, so I can't run advanced network diagnosis. Really just trying to see if others have had problems with these NICs.

Just now, Luckyprock said:

It seems to fit but it doesn't click in and it slips out without any force so I'm not totally sure where I went wrong

Is the tab in the cable still there? Those can snap off quite easily.

Try wiggling it around in the port a bit.

It should certainly fit, as they're the same physical port. Can you send a picture?

Hello,

Recently I upgraded my PC to a Ryzen 5 5600X CPU and a Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite V2 motherboard, which has an onboard Realtek 2.5 Gigabit NIC, which seems to be quite problematic under high load. My old Asus Q87M-E board with an Intel I217-LM was able to sustain close to gigabit on Speedtest, and download speeds on Steam and Chrome were close too. However, with the new motherboard, any large load seems to completely overload the NIC. I can be in a Discord call without a problem, but as soon as I start a large download in the background, audio keeps cutting out. Not to mention I can never go over 100 megabits on any download or upload, and even these often result in the connection dropping. Even Speedtest doesn't run as it should, the UI freezes as it tests. I'm running Windows 10 20H2 with the latest driver from Gigabyte, power saving is disabled. I've thought about getting a PCIe NIC with an Intel 82574L chipset instead, or just replacing the board altogether with an Asus B550-F for example, as that has Intel NIC. Does anyone have other suggestions, or could my board be defective?

2 hours ago, PianoPlayer88Key said:

My personal opinion...

 

I think if a video card (laptop or whatever) cannot match the performance of at least a reference / stock 3080 - should NOT be called a 3080, or 3080 MaxQ, or 3080M, or whatever.  If it matches, say, a 3060 Ti, then CALL IT a 3060 Ti.

(I wouldn't mind a designation for video cards that are binned for better power efficiency, though.)

 

Same goes for desktop vs laptop CPUs.  I don't like seeing situations where a ULV mobile (<6W TDP) Core i7 or Ryzen 7 is outclassed by a desktop Core i3-K or Ryzen 3-X of the same generation.

I prefer that within the same generation, if a mobile CPU is not at least as fast as a full desktop Core i5 or Ryzen 5, then it should be called a Core i3 / Ryzen 3, Pentium / Celeron, Athlon, or something. 

Maybe another branding, like they already do with servers (Xeon/Epyc)?

 

 

 

Someone earlier in the thread I think mentioned laptops with desktop CPUs in them.

My laptop has an i7-6700K, and the same company a few years before my laptop's generation had a laptop with a Sandy/Ivy Bridge LGA 2011 socket.

Not going to happen unfortunately. So many people just have a philosophy of "bigger number better" when buying a computer. 

22 hours ago, StDragon said:

It's more rare than not, but low-end desktops and high-end laptops do cross over. For example (don't know if that's now true), but some Dell Precision laptops in the past used full Intel socketed Xeons whereas all other laptops used mobile CPUs. In the case of Dell OptiRimo desktops, they all use desktops CPUs whereas the OptiRimo Micro series will use a mobile CPU. The difference is often a combination of core count, speed, and/or lower power consumption.

 

Desktop example: Dell OptiRimo 7080 uses the Core i5-10500 whereas the 7080 Micro uses the Core i5-10500T. Click on the links to see the differences.

 

And yes, they are distinguished by the "T", but I doubt most consumers pay attention.

T-class CPUs are still desktop CPUs that use the same socket. They only differ from non-T parts in TDP (35W) and a lower clockspeed. This is nothing like the H vs U CPUs on mobile, which can have very different core counts.

5 minutes ago, bit05 said:

yeah it is a newly built system

Here are a few things I would check:

• Is the RAM fully seated? Push down with your thumbs to make sure.
• Is the graphics card fully inserted? Again, give it a push to make sure
• Check all power connectors, especially the CPU 8-pin and any connectors on your graphics card
• Try using only one stick of RAM.

Looks like your motherboard isn't POST-ing. Is this a newly built system?

27 minutes ago, tridy said:

just to make sure, are you suggesting that the signal could be better with the antennas that attach directly?

Yes.

They'll work fine. An antenna in its essence is just a long wire meant to pick up signal. However your signal might not be as good.

Just now, steelo said:

I'm an AMD guy, but probably a 9600k

9600K won't work in a Z170 motherboard.

I think the best route to to would be to overclock that 6600K, and get a GPU once they become more available.

You'll be fine.

2 minutes ago, pier_landers said:

I want to build a better Ethernet home network than the one I have now by adding a switch etc to download games and files faster but since I am a beginner I don't know what hardware I need to make it a 1Gigabit connection. Someone plz help?  

What is your internet connection speed at the moment, as advertised by your ISP?

Using gigabit hardware will have no effect if the uplink to the internet is slow.

1 minute ago, gimmickmusik1 said:

I'm actually trying to avoid a full system reinstall if I can. I know where everything is in my BIOS. It's just a matter of me not wanting to disable CSM Legacy Boot and then breaking it six ways from Sunday. 

 

Sweet, I know that my CPU and Mobo are compatible, but I just need to figure out if my GTX 980 can UEFI boot or if I need to wait until I can get my hands on a new GPU.

You can always turn it back on if it doesn't work. The 980 should UEFI boot just fine, my 970 does.

2 minutes ago, gimmickmusik1 said:

So I have some questions about the process of enabling resizable BAR for when I finally get my hands on a GPU that supports it.

 

What I (think) I know:

• I know that CSM Legacy boot must be disabled
• My GPU must support UEFI only boot (as far as I know mine currently doesn't)
• My drive volume should be using the GPT partition style
• People say that you must reinstall windows if you are disabling CSM Legacy boot
  • I've actually heard mixed results, but the consensus is to reinstall Windows

What I would like to know:

•  Can I create a system image of Windows and reinstall that instead of a fresh install?
  • IE) Disable CSM Legacy Boot, and then reinstall Windows with the System Image
    • I worry that this will just copy over whatever files I don't want.

If you're going for a system reinstall, then a system image won't fix the issue. However, you can check if you need to reinstall. Do you see the logo of the motherboard manufacturer only when you start up, or do you also see the Windows logo?

4 minutes ago, yungrupert said:

i have an OptiRimo 3010 with an i5 3470 12gb ddr3 and 500w psu. if i buy an rx 580 will it work in my system? i seen some post saying my OptiRimo wont support rx cards but ive seen the 3020, 990 and other OptiRimo's run them just fine? thanks alot

Does the power supply have a PCI Express 8-pin power connector to power the graphics card? How large the PCI express slot covers on the back of the computer?

Not worth the upgrade. You won't notice a difference in everyday system performance at all.

4 minutes ago, ShrimpBrime said:

Cause the quad will OC easily to Duo specs. 

 

Minecraft also has multi-core support and will utilize up to 3 cores if running a server.

And you can also OC the E8500. And this assumes that the motherboard even supports overclocking, and can deliver enough power. Remember the Q8300 is 95W.

If you can wait, wait. 5600X would be a great fit here, but not at current pricing.

2 minutes ago, ur gora said:

The aio came with a preapplied thermal paste.....and how to i check the pump running 

Put your ear next to it and listen. It should be a quiet whirring noise.

56 minutes ago, Schnoz said:

It started raining in my area recently (you probably already know where this is going)  and I had to take care of this one...

 

Someone left their laptop out in the rain with the lid open. Yes,  anonymous laptop user, it is advertised to have a sealed keyboard. No, that does not mean that the laptop is IP68 waterproof.

 

Miraculously, it actually appeared to work fine for some reason. They were extremely lucky that there was little wind when it was raining--that could have blown water into the laptop from the sides. Those thick Thinkpads are tough.

Was expecting a Dell XPS until I saw the end.

For that kind of cooler it is way too high. Did you apply proper thermal paste? Can you hear the pump running?