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Haha your telling me, these are the new guys.

Ouch. So has your car been stuck in some overgrowth or something in your back yard ? Just when you mentioned cleaning around your car lol.

Thanks for all the help getting the pics straightened out. They are now behind the spoiler in the original post. I've got a bunch of VMs spun up for various things (some are combined). * Domain Controller (Active Directory) * Internal DNS * WSUS * File Storage/Print * Pi-Hole * Steam cache * Plex Media * Nessus * VAS * Legacy XP (special peripheral support) * Win10 testing (collecting dust lol) * Windows 7 P2V (JIC my pc is down) * Syslog * Security * vCenter (testing with VMUG advantage) * other tests and unfinished projects.. GoPro 4K/60 footage gobbles up terabytes quick so that sorta started me on the idea of building a 2nd server. My next adventure is to get vMotion working between 2 standalone hosts. I do have shared storage (NFS) but it is slow (1GB vs 10GB) so I prefer to keep the VMs running locally until maybe one day when I can upgrade my QNAP NAS to one that supports 10GB. I actually wanted to build a server at one point for WSUS, but then I downsized and had no need to have a WSUS server any longer. I did use my current server as a DC but again after down scaling, there was no need to use a server to enforce particular policies so I went back to standalone management. Now Steam Cache is something I may find useful considering I have a steam library, I did look at it very briefly but I did not look into the ins and outs of setting it up, may have to revisit that. Glad you were able to get the pictures sorted, looks sweet. Glad you use Noctua, I do not use anyone else to be honest. As it happened I got a 24 Port PoE Switch the other day (Managed) and it has 3x40mm fans (little overkill IMHO) but they are so loud, which made complete sense after I removed them to find they are Delta fans...so good fans but way to loud for the office ( thought I do know this one is meant for a rack lol). I purchased 3x Noctua 40mm fans which come with low noise adapters which should help nicely. I was considering only getting one or two, but I can only assume that if you are using a good amount of PoE that the PSU gets toasty...so why risk it over a few quid lol.

Pics or it's all a lie ?:vehicle_drive1:

My server is an Intel SKULL CANYON NUC, specifically this : https://www.pcworld.com/article/3074...nceptions.html OS: Windows 10 X64 Case: NUC CPU: i7-6770HQ Motherboard: Intel Stock Memory: 16GB Corsair Vengeance PSU: Nuc Stock OS SSD: 256 WD Blue NVME User it as my Plex server as well as my home server for file access etc, with it being so small with low power consumption it is great for 24/7 up time and should I have remote issues to my file server, this acts as another remote gateway to access files locally on my network ! As you can see from the Pic, I created a painted MDF Enclosure for it to sit in along with a Blu-ray player to the top as I also use this as a multimedia center at times, but not as often as I should really. Also in the lower section is my 1TB 2.5" HDD that allows for image backups for the server and anything else I deem necessary. Its a great all in one box.

Banned....Just because ! Did you know, right now I have been pulled into watching YT Videos of disgusting houses by my partner...oh man ! Someone ban me quickly.

Did you ever manage to get this working ? Moving to Windows 10 anytime soon lol

Just sat and watched the video, love server builds. Out of interest @Laithan , what do you use that baby for ?

DDR5 has been a long time coming but with an approx 2021 release (possibly) then it certainly is not far off, certainly makes you hold off of any upgrades. Nothing worse than upgrading your PC platform only to have a major hardware shift happen just around the corner ! Here's Some DDR5-4800: Hands-On First Look at Next Gen DRAM

Certainly a nice motherboard, I own its predecessor the MSI Meg Creation X399 which is a fantastic motherboard. Just a huge shame that AMD decided TRX40 was the way to go with the 3000 series, but it is what it is. Lets hope MSI provides longer support for the MSI Creation TRX40 as they did not leave it long before the seemingly stopped supplying new BIOS for the MSI Meg Creation X399, which is my only real gripe with it. MSI Creator TRX40 Review: Creative Competition | Tom's Hardware

That is certainly an eye opener, being an Android user I had no idea. I know that the iOS ecosystem is very closed off, but did not realize that of Safari !

So it did happen ! Nice builds there bud

Is this a case of pics or it didn't happen ?

That is a fair point regarding iOS and I did not realise the restrictions on the iPhone which kind of hamstrings all other browsers. Surprised they have not had legal action taken against them (or maybe they did and I missed it)

Banned for mentioning Gif, I will revisit it. Ultimately the platform plays silly buggers with Gifs right now but I will re-investigate it soon ?

Thank the lord my Monday fix has returned !

It's a game where you design, "engineer" and "build" cars including the engine anytime between the year 1946 and 2020. It's currently in development, so there's no real career mode just yet. There hasn't been an update in a few months other than a hotfix so I'm hoping we're going to get the forced induction update very soon. They have been promising that for the last 4 years. Current forced induction is just turbos that's realistic to the real world 1980s turbo technology. Here's a good video showing a build from start to finish: EDIT: lol 5 minutes after making this post, the developers uploaded an update video of what's coming very soon and it is getting the forced induction overhaul in the next week. Thanks for the info, Took a look at the video, I guess I should have imagined something like this existed, I can see why it attracts the ''Motorheads''.

Banned for having the wrong mobo...You want one with loads of PCI-E Slots for Crysis. Doubt it would run it anyway

Resident evil spent many hours in my PS1 lol. Resident evil 2 was my favourite. May even get the remake on PC to see how it tallies up. My PS1 was a champ for yours but eventually had to put it on its side to get it to read discs haha

If they were to copy the years of Intel's crazy margins, you are not wrong ! Intel really did show themselves up recently and I am just talking about their margins and ripping off consumers off but also resting firmly on their laurels. Intel's top of the line CPU that is a lot weaker in dual socket configuration costs 20k USD, with a price of 8k USD they would still beat the heck out of Intel on value They certainly would, but luckily AMD see an opportunity to stay on the good side of the consumer. If they upped it too much then they would certainly be called out for it, at least AMD are smart enough not to pull an Intel with their margins haha.

Banned. :velo:

If they were to copy the years of Intel's crazy margins, you are not wrong ! Intel really did show themselves up recently and I am just talking about their margins and ripping off consumers off but also resting firmly on their laurels.

Certainly a powerful CPU that completely undercuts Intel's offerings by a huge margin price wise. It is a little more expensive this generation but it is to be expected. A. Cutting edge tech and B. AMD know full well Intel at this point are no competition. I think that kind of CPU is only justifiable if you are a creator of some kind, and a hardcore one at that. I am not upgrading this year, or for a few years for that matter as my TR will last me a good while fortunately.

Banned for abusing the Sig rigs with your Keyboard Collection P.S...Nice collection lol.

Without looking myself, what is Automation ? Car designer package or game ?