New computer.
Brian Cluff
brian at snaptek.com
Sun Jul 19 09:35:55 MST 2020
You can do that but you will take a speed hit. Computers these days
will read the RAM in pairs for a speed increase. The testing in the
article below saw a 17.7% speed increase by using dual channel memory on
some loads.
https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/1349-ram-how-dual-channel-works-vs-single-channel
Brian Cluff
On 7/19/20 9:24 AM, Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> My only suggestion on this machine is to use a 16gb stick, just so if
> you ever decide you need more memory you won't have to replace the
> smaller sticks. With 16gb sticks you can have 64gb total. If you ever
> think you might like to have 128gb of memory the you could get a 32gb
> memory stick.
>
> On Sat, Jul 18, 2020, 9:29 AM Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
> <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org
> <mailto:plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>> wrote:
>
> Just an idea and ballpark cost.
>
> On Sat, Jul 18, 2020, 6:11 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss
> <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org
> <mailto:plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>> wrote:
>
> yeah? I was planning on doing the enclosure thing powered
> separately.
> As for whether my USBs are 1 or 2 lshw|grep us seems to indicate I
> only have USB2. But you know what they say.... play with what you
> have!
> *-usb:0
> *-usbhost
> bus info: usb at 1
> logical name: usb1
> capabilities: usb-2.00
> *-usb
> bus info: usb at 1:1
> capabilities: usb-2.00
> *-usb:1
> *-usbhost
> bus info: usb at 2
> logical name: usb2
> capabilities: usb-2.00
> *-usb
> bus info: usb at 2:1
> capabilities: usb-2.00
> *-usb:0
> bus info: usb at 2:1.4
> capabilities: bluetooth usb-2.00
> configuration: driver=btusb speed=12Mbit/s
> *-usb:1
> bus info: usb at 2:1.7
> capabilities: usb-2.00
> *-usb:0
> bus info: usb at 2:1.7.2
> capabilities: usb-1.10
> configuration: driver=usbhid
> maxpower=100mA
> speed=2Mbit/s
> *-usb:1
> bus info: usb at 2:1.7.3
> capabilities: usb-2.00
> configuration: driver=usbhid
> maxpower=98mA
> speed=2Mbit/s
> *-usb:2
> bus info: usb at 2:1.7.4
> capabilities: usb-2.00 scsi emulated
> scsi-host
> configuration: driver=usb-storage
> maxpower=100mA speed=480Mbit/s
>
> On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 4:21 AM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
> <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org
> <mailto:plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>> wrote:
> >
> > It's a good idea, however I don't think a NUC will have a
> big enough
> > power supply to support that many hard drives. If you could
> get that
> > many attached to it, it would probably cause the hard drive
> to fail
> > rather quickly on a NUC. You would need to get some sort of
> external
> > USB attached hard drive enclosure with it's own power supply
> to make it
> > work right. I would only do that if your NUC has USB3 and
> the enclosure
> > also is USB3. USB2 would just make your storage painfully
> slow.
> >
> > An NVMe is a new kind of SSD that is essentially attached
> directly to a
> > mini PCIe port. Since it can be accessed at PCIe speeds it
> isn't bottle
> > necked by the SATA bus, so the read speeds are in gigabytes
> per second.
> > Or in other words it makes everything hard drive related happen
> > instantly. Boot times are usually less that 2 to 3
> seconds. Login
> > times are virtually instant. When you first get one, you
> will tell your
> > computer to reboot and then wonder why al lt did was logout
> until you
> > realize that it completely shut down and rebooted to the
> login screen in
> > less time than your old computer could just logout.
> >
> > Brian Cluff
> >
> > On 7/18/20 12:35 AM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> > > Thanks Brian. The hard drive is actually only 5yo with 2
> years of use.
> > > What is a NVMe? What do you think about what I';m thinking
> about doing
> > > with the NUC?
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 3:29 AM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
> > > <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org
> <mailto:plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>> wrote:
> > >> You'll need RAM too... didn't see that in the list.
> > >>
> > >> I would also make sure that you get a motherboard that
> has a place for
> > >> at least 1 NVMe. Then I would recommend that you get at
> least one
> > >> NVMe. It doesn't have to be huge, but if you can put at
> least your OS
> > >> on the NVMe, it will make your whole machine feel 50
> times faster than
> > >> if you keep using a 10 year old hard drive.... Trust me,
> it will be
> > >> worth every cent to get it.
> > >>
> > >> I would also recommend getting an AMD machine right now.
> You can get a
> > >> whole lot more for your money right now with AMD.
> > >>
> > >> BTW What's the price range you are looking at spending?
> > >>
> > >> Brian Cluff
> > >>
> > >> On 7/17/20 11:11 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> > >>> I think I figured out what I want to do..... I'm going
> to buy a
> > >>> chassis, motherboard, CPU, and power supply and then
> frankenstein the
> > >>> hard drive, the wireless card, and the video card from
> the old machine
> > >>> (got to do this as cheaply as I can). What else could I
> frankenstein?
> > >>>
> > >>> On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 10:25 PM Michael
> <bmike1 at gmail.com <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > >>>> Wellp, I am going to do something I never have done
> before..... I'm
> > >>>> going to get a new computer. Well I think I'll have one put
> > >>>> together.... I'll put it together. Where would go to
> get a chassis and
> > >>>> motherboard then I'll put all of the other guts in. Is
> such an animal
> > >>>> in existence?I thought of another NUC but they aren't
> like what they
> > >>>> were. Should I wait until black Friday and get a
> windows machine in the sales?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> --
> > >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
> > >>>
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