Just an idea and ballpark cost. On Sat, Jul 18, 2020, 6:11 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@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@1 > logical name: usb1 > capabilities: usb-2.00 > *-usb > bus info: usb@1:1 > capabilities: usb-2.00 > *-usb:1 > *-usbhost > bus info: usb@2 > logical name: usb2 > capabilities: usb-2.00 > *-usb > bus info: usb@2:1 > capabilities: usb-2.00 > *-usb:0 > bus info: usb@2:1.4 > capabilities: bluetooth usb-2.00 > configuration: driver=btusb speed=12Mbit/s > *-usb:1 > bus info: usb@2:1.7 > capabilities: usb-2.00 > *-usb:0 > bus info: usb@2:1.7.2 > capabilities: usb-1.10 > configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=100mA > speed=2Mbit/s > *-usb:1 > bus info: usb@2:1.7.3 > capabilities: usb-2.00 > configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=98mA > speed=2Mbit/s > *-usb:2 > bus info: usb@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 > 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 > > > 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 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~(-: > > >>> > > >> --------------------------------------------------- > > >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss