The option is also to look into a nas appliance such as a synology or qnap. On Sat, Jul 18, 2020, 9:49 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > I'm sure it is Brian. Thanks for the ideas Stephen. Unfortunately, my > finances won't swing for that so what I am thinking is to put a RAID > on my NUCand to run that until it dies (like all of my other > equipment. > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 12:43 PM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > > > 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. > > > > 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. > > > > Brian > > > > On 7/18/20 7:47 AM, Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > > > 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 > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > 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