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Pollyanna posted:He also still wants to use the old NUC as an external hard drive, is that possible or would we have to pull it out of the box? If he's only looking to access the files and doesn't want to gently caress with setting it up as a file share I reckon pulling the drive(s) and using a usb enclosure like this 2.5" sata enclosure and/or this m.2 nvme/sata enclosure would be better (this is assuming that nuc uses m.2 and not msata). Old nucs are great servers if he's willing to janitor it a bit but sounds like he's trying to keep it simple.
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I don't think the GPU compatibility changed, or not much at least - you can already put in 3.5 or 4 slot cards (my 4090 is exactly 3-slot so I could fit a set of slim fans on top). But I agree there's no reason for me to go back to the A4 size cases except for portable gimmick builds.
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I’m sorta headed the other way, I don’t see a reason to make anything bigger than mITX now that add in cards beyond a GPU and custom water cooling are basically dead. Although I’m mostly talking about cases where you can still add a 280 AIO in.
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orcane posted:I don't think the GPU compatibility changed, or not much at least - you can already put in 3.5 or 4 slot cards (my 4090 is exactly 3-slot so I could fit a set of slim fans on top). But I agree there's no reason for me to go back to the A4 size cases except for portable gimmick builds. I have an opposite problem because I got an incredible deal (MSRP) on a liquid cooled 4090, so finding something that fits that is challenging.
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Yeah, the main reason I still have a big ATX case for my gaming PC is the stack of increasingly antique 3.5" hard drives in it. Once I can swing some big SSDs to replace all of my current storage, I'd like to get a much smaller case. I'll settle for smaller mATX cases if it means cheaper/more variety for motherboards, though.
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If you aren't using a riser for a sandwich style case, the video cards are almost all 3-4 slots, so the height of an mATX case is a non-issue. The extra width is basically a non-issue, since the PSU has to go somehwhere, and they're more and more being put in the front of the case.
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Pollyanna posted:According to him, his backups are an external drive (I don’t remember if it’s hard disk or solid state) plus BackBlaze for the internal SSD. Doesn’t sound like a backup strategy to me at all, but he’ll need to be convinced otherwise. What advantages does a NAS + RAID1 have over an external drive and cloud (aside from the obvious answer of “a lot”)?
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Collateral Damage posted:BackBlaze is a fine backup solution, I've been using them myself for years. Just make sure it's set to back up the data he cares about. quote:I use BackBlaze, but it only covers the CPU, not the external hard drive. to cover the external drive requires an extra payment. He considers himself an intermediate user, so forgive any misunderstandings on his part.  It sounds like his options depend on if he plans on using AI or any other GPU-reliant functionality. If so, then the MS-01 would be the better choice as it apparently supports the addition of an Nvidia GPU, plus the multiple drive bays/slots are nice. If not, the Venus 790 would apparently be more than enough, plus it has a VESA mount which is pretty cool Gordon. (Though he could get the MS-01 anyway and just not add a GPU, right?) If he really doesn’t wanna think about this poo poo at all, then I’ll tell him to suck it up and get used to macOS. If I understood correctly, then I’ll run these options by him. Thanks!
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DIY Perks went and did a thing. It's neat and incredibly intricate... but that's an insane amount of work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ6ueTe8KQM
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retirement goals, right there
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but god imagine how you would feel when you started to get a little intermittent noise from one of the fans
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