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That looks like an excellent machine and the best part is that in a
year or 2 if you want a faster system AMD likes to use the same CPU
socket for the majority of their processors and over multiple years,
so you can drop their current flagship processor into that came
machine and have a much much faster computer.<br>
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That's also a good machine since the processor that Stephen chose
has a built in GPU that is almost certainly more powerful than your
current GPU.<br>
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Brian<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/18/20 7:47 AM, Stephen Partington
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 18, 2020, 6:11 AM
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.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">yeah? I was
planning on doing the enclosure thing powered separately.<br>
As for whether my USBs are 1 or 2 lshw|grep us seems to
indicate I<br>
only have USB2. But you know what they say.... play with what
you<br>
have!<br>
*-usb:0<br>
*-usbhost<br>
bus info: usb@1<br>
logical name: usb1<br>
capabilities: usb-2.00<br>
*-usb<br>
bus info: usb@1:1<br>
capabilities: usb-2.00<br>
*-usb:1<br>
*-usbhost<br>
bus info: usb@2<br>
logical name: usb2<br>
capabilities: usb-2.00<br>
*-usb<br>
bus info: usb@2:1<br>
capabilities: usb-2.00<br>
*-usb:0<br>
bus info: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:usb@2:1.4">usb@2:1.4</a><br>
capabilities: bluetooth usb-2.00<br>
configuration: driver=btusb
speed=12Mbit/s<br>
*-usb:1<br>
bus info: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:usb@2:1.7">usb@2:1.7</a><br>
capabilities: usb-2.00<br>
*-usb:0<br>
bus info: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:usb@2:1.7.2">usb@2:1.7.2</a><br>
capabilities: usb-1.10<br>
configuration: driver=usbhid
maxpower=100mA<br>
speed=2Mbit/s<br>
*-usb:1<br>
bus info: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:usb@2:1.7.3">usb@2:1.7.3</a><br>
capabilities: usb-2.00<br>
configuration: driver=usbhid
maxpower=98mA<br>
speed=2Mbit/s<br>
*-usb:2<br>
bus info: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:usb@2:1.7.4">usb@2:1.7.4</a><br>
capabilities: usb-2.00 scsi emulated
scsi-host<br>
configuration: driver=usb-storage<br>
maxpower=100mA speed=480Mbit/s<br>
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On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 4:21 AM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss<br>
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> It's a good idea, however I don't think a NUC will have a
big enough<br>
> power supply to support that many hard drives. If you
could get that<br>
> many attached to it, it would probably cause the hard
drive to fail<br>
> rather quickly on a NUC. You would need to get some sort
of external<br>
> USB attached hard drive enclosure with it's own power
supply to make it<br>
> work right. I would only do that if your NUC has USB3
and the enclosure<br>
> also is USB3. USB2 would just make your storage
painfully slow.<br>
><br>
> An NVMe is a new kind of SSD that is essentially attached
directly to a<br>
> mini PCIe port. Since it can be accessed at PCIe speeds
it isn't bottle<br>
> necked by the SATA bus, so the read speeds are in
gigabytes per second.<br>
> Or in other words it makes everything hard drive related
happen<br>
> instantly. Boot times are usually less that 2 to 3
seconds. Login<br>
> times are virtually instant. When you first get one, you
will tell your<br>
> computer to reboot and then wonder why al lt did was
logout until you<br>
> realize that it completely shut down and rebooted to the
login screen in<br>
> less time than your old computer could just logout.<br>
><br>
> Brian Cluff<br>
><br>
> On 7/18/20 12:35 AM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:<br>
> > Thanks Brian. The hard drive is actually only 5yo
with 2 years of use.<br>
> > What is a NVMe? What do you think about what I';m
thinking about doing<br>
> > with the NUC?<br>
> ><br>
> > On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 3:29 AM Brian Cluff via
PLUG-discuss<br>
> > <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>>
wrote:<br>
> >> You'll need RAM too... didn't see that in the
list.<br>
> >><br>
> >> I would also make sure that you get a
motherboard that has a place for<br>
> >> at least 1 NVMe. Then I would recommend that
you get at least one<br>
> >> NVMe. It doesn't have to be huge, but if you
can put at least your OS<br>
> >> on the NVMe, it will make your whole machine
feel 50 times faster than<br>
> >> if you keep using a 10 year old hard drive....
Trust me, it will be<br>
> >> worth every cent to get it.<br>
> >><br>
> >> I would also recommend getting an AMD machine
right now. You can get a<br>
> >> whole lot more for your money right now with
AMD.<br>
> >><br>
> >> BTW What's the price range you are looking at
spending?<br>
> >><br>
> >> Brian Cluff<br>
> >><br>
> >> On 7/17/20 11:11 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss
wrote:<br>
> >>> I think I figured out what I want to do.....
I'm going to buy a<br>
> >>> chassis, motherboard, CPU, and power supply
and then frankenstein the<br>
> >>> hard drive, the wireless card, and the video
card from the old machine<br>
> >>> (got to do this as cheaply as I can). What
else could I frankenstein?<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 10:25 PM Michael
<<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank"
rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">bmike1@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
> >>>> Wellp, I am going to do something I
never have done before..... I'm<br>
> >>>> going to get a new computer. Well I
think I'll have one put<br>
> >>>> together.... I'll put it together. Where
would go to get a chassis and<br>
> >>>> motherboard then I'll put all of the
other guts in. Is such an animal<br>
> >>>> in existence?I thought of another NUC
but they aren't like what they<br>
> >>>> were. Should I wait until black Friday
and get a windows machine in the sales?<br>
> >>>><br>
> >>>> --<br>
> >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:<br>
> >>><br>
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