No, the graphics from Intel back in 07-10 were crap. 2012-2013 would be my bare minimum, usb3 if only for loading a new OS.

Lol the 3gb 1060s kinda were ewaste tho

The I7 has hyper threading which is a ~50% perf boost over the i5

Serious question, why haven’t you upgraded to an i7 yet? They’d have to be super cheap at this point, right?

Couple years ago I wouldn’t have argued, but with graphics cards ballooning to 3+ slots, you have to be more careful about which slots on the motherboard have full enough lanes to support your cards. And you have to make sure your motherboard has the full x16 slot in the highest position which is less common on boards with m.2. otherwise there isn’t room for expansion cards

Jonsbo makes some decent compact nas cases with plenty of space for drives. Look at their N series N3/N4 etc.

matx would be more upgradable than itx, but nobody is making either of them with 10gb Ethernet. So I personally would be looking at full ATX boards so I could add in a nic.

It’s not impossible, but first Gen Ryzen was surprisingly good after AMD shit the bed for a few years. Most major manufacturers weren’t willing to take a chance, though you can find some 2nd Gen available on the used market.

If it were me, I’d look for a motherboard/CPU combo and assemble it into your case of choice. That way you aren’t stuck with the weird form-factors of pre-built office computers.

If you’re ok buying used, I’d go for a first Gen Ryzen 8 core. They’re cheap as chips since they don’t support Windows 11, but the cpu is upgradable so you can upgrade if you need more power or want to run Windows 11. Also it’s a ddr4 platform so the ram is under $100 for 64gb.

A GTX 1050 would be fine for Plex, and discrete graphics would be required if you go with the Ryzen recommendation. I think rtx 3060 is probably the sweet spot for a 12gb vram card, but you won’t need that much unless your streaming to 5+ Plex users simultaneously.

Is it just me or has hackaday gone down hill for the last couple years?

They’re reporting on a bringus video from 4 months ago.

Well that’s the thing, this bill actually removes the minimum parking requirements. The opposition is just NIMBY

Fwiw, pi zeros have USB host & device/gadget modes, but I doubt a zero would have enough power to do what you need

He’s on float plane. I think he’s trying to make a living, so I’d assume YouTube ad revenue is a factor

Oh, I like that! I just use the dial tone so they think they disconnected, but they end up calling back a few times before they stop.

Lol thermite is my favorite oxidation & rust remover reaction

They’re required to be individually labeled/categorized. And supposed to be on 2 exterior walls, and any doors, and on the containers themselves

Tldw: get some thin heat syncs 75-80c temps on the ssds

I bought it at release and emulated it 2 days after. Much smoother on PC, even with shader recompiling. Only reason I did it was to remove the duplication patches, but the improved graphics fidelity was a major side benefit.

At least the joycons were easier to open and work on than the xbox and PlayStation controllers I’ve opened up. The sticks are diy replaceable, but I wouldn’t recommend a shell swap unless you have really steady hands.

I honestly think it’s fantastic. It’s really only available on high end cameras right now, but putting it into a mass market device like a switch means they’ll become more commonly used in other devices since manufacturers won’t need to worry about users having the newer faster cards in hand already.

Someone needed to be the first mover so that everyone else can start putting these in other devices.

Fwiw, I remember hearing that Nintendo was looking at using an AMD soc, but the nvidia entry was more power efficient at the desired resolution/frame rate.