New computer.

[Bob Elzer]

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> 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> 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> 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> 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> 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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