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14 minutes ago, UltraMega said:

This article seems a bit misleading. Where is the pay wall? 

 

Sounds like there are just some high end models that will get firmware updates for longer than lower end models, which seems pretty normal to me. A pay wall would mean customers have to pay for updates, which is not the case here. 

 

I have never updated the firmware on a monitor. Didn't even know that was a thing. Firmware upgrades on my TV, but that has apps built in. Do people need firmware updates for monitors? 

Yes I see what you mean, they are not asking for you to subscribe or pay extra fees to get the firmware update, but they are sort of putting an artificial one in place by making the updates only available to a set tier of product. Granted monitor firmware updates are seldom...but they do exist. This is more of a principal thing over likelihood of needing a firmware update.

35 minutes ago, Sir Beregond said:

Wonder if it will have built in OC support like AMD's does. Somehow I doubt it.

Doubt it, Nvidia would likely see that as giving users the ability to OC and hang onto their older GPU's for longer. I think Nvidia would prefer you bought their latest and greatest

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MSI has confirmed that it will be pursuing a controversial firmware update program for its new QD-OLED gaming monitors. For some reason, the company has decided to restrict future firmware updates to its more expensive MEG options, leaving the likes of the MAG 271QPX QD-OLED and MAG 321UPX QD-OLED adrift.

Source 

Such a decision is anti-consumer. When you buy any product, regardless of it's tier, updates should be equally available. This is absurd behaviour frankly. 

Glad to see this, it should have happened long ago, but better late than never.

Great to see all the participation!

4 hours ago, HeyItsChris said:

So, I'm at this again.  Is IPEX UFL compatible with IPEX MHF4?

 

This answered my question : If your device is for 5G applications, IPEX MHF4 is the type for you. However, if yours are for WiFi, 3G or 4G use, U.FL types are the most common ones.

IPEX MHF vs. HRS U(W).FL Series Comparison | Grand-Tek

WWW.GRAND-TEK.COM

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MHF1 is compatible with HRS standard U.FL cable assembly, but MHF 4L is not compatible with HRS standard U.FL. If your device is for 5G applications…

 

 

Thanks for letting everyone know

59 minutes ago, schuck6566 said:

Went by WD's site today and seen where they offer coupon codes for members when purchasing direct from the site. e.g. 15% off up to 5 new items in 1 purchase for those 55 & over can be redeemed 1x per month. Plus they give 15% towards the next purchase of $50 or more when you recycle through them "With Easy Recycle, you can safely dispose of NAS systems and internal or external HDDs and SSDs. We will recycle devices from any manufacturer, not just Western Digital."

Can't use them together, but I know some people here purchase alot of drives,ect.   

Nice, thanks for sharing

On 12/02/2024 at 05:39, Snakecharmed said:

2.5 GbE would have been nice for sure, and given the role this PC will play in my network, it's a bit of a shame because the rest of this rig is overpowered for how I intend to use it. I don't anticipate the 1 GbE being a major bottleneck for now though, but maybe that's just me rationalizing it today because I currently don't move files over Ethernet often.

 

As much as I'd like to have waited for the DeskMini X600, a build based around that would have ended up a fair bit more expensive than the approximately $300 I paid for this DeskMini X300/Ryzen 5 5600G/16 GB DDR4-3200/500 GB PCIe 3.0 NVMe rig. I still wanted to keep this thing relatively cheap, and it cost the same as what I paid for the NUC 8 back in 2021.

 

If I were needing more storage than around 4 TB for the NVR, I might have gone with a DeskMeet and used 3.5" hard drives instead. I'm currently estimating about a half-dozen cameras that will be capturing at 2K resolution/15 FPS at most, which would give me around 10-14 days of footage per camera.

 

I vastly prefer the silence over the storage capacity and as long as you're staying under 4 TB, SSD pricing isn't bad. I may not sleep in the office, and I may have music on most of the time which would mask the noises, but I would find the sound of constant rhythmic hard drive writes to be exhausting.

I meant to say, if you wanted to, you can expand your network throughput using the additional M.2 slot with an M.2 to 10gbe, you might be able to pick on up that does 2.5gb 

For instance.....

https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/1005006523024320.html?pdp_npi=4%40dis!GBP!103.09!77.31!!!126.34!94.75!%402102e91217078483640707162d13e5!12000037521116455!affd!!!&isdl=y&aff_fsk=_oBXVPn9&src=Connexity2023GBchannel&aff_platform=aff_feeds&aff_short_key=_oBXVPn9&dp=17079136469010256639012961105008005&cn=326576&cv=90dc9d53ad3a459934a2d8241df6ed58&gatewayAdapt=glo2nld 

Not saying you should get that one specifically, just more so letting you know that if increasing network throughput is something you wanted to look into, you can use your spare M.2 slot to achieve it

10 hours ago, Snakecharmed said:

I've been running an Intel NUC 8 Mainstream Kit with an i5-8259U for a simple WIndows SMB file share server for a few years now with the intention of also using it as an NVR. I still haven't set up the NVR, but it will be done this year.

 

Recently, I took on the project of upgrading the i3-6100 desktop I built for my parents in 2016, but rather than decide what to build for them this time, I decided to just give them my NUC 8 instead to reclaim desk space and drastically cut down fan noise. That means I was now free to upgrade my mini home server to something a bit more substantial.

 

 

I was originally looking at used Dell OptiPlex Micro PCs, but at the prices they were selling for relative to their performance, I went for something better built and more customizable. I watched a teardown video of a relatively recent OptiPlex Micro chassis and thought their CPU cooling solution was pathetic.

 

This is a new condition ASRock DeskMini X300 prebuilt from Skytech sold as the Mini PCX1. It costs $480 from Skytech right now, but I got it heavily discounted from a third-party—cheaper than building it to the same specs with used parts in a barebones DeskMini X300 chassis.

 

 

I've already started making some changes with a heatsink upgrade to the Thermalright AXP90-X36. I'm still waiting for a Noctua NF-A9x14 fan to arrive so I can swap it in place of the Thermalright fan before I put everything back together and fire it up. Reviews I've seen for this heatsink indicate that the fan swap won't measurably change thermal performance, but Noctua's fans generally have lower noise levels and better acoustic profiles than Thermalright's.

 

The AXP90 heatsink was annoying to install. If this had been my first experience with Thermalright, I likely wouldn't be a repeat customer. The Peerless Assassin on my desktop was so simple to install, while the AXP90 is easily the worst install I've done with vague instructions and a dual socket LGA1200/AM4 backplate with wings for LGA1200 that hit the button cell backup battery on the back of the PCB, rendering the backplate unusable unless I took a Dremel to it. I attached the stock AM4 backplate instead, but I spent some time experimenting with different fits because Thermalright's instructions for this cooler were practically worthless.

 

Nonetheless, I got it installed and it puts ASRock's 70mm stock cooler to shame.

 

 

For network storage, I'm going with the unconventional choice of an SSD. This PC is in the same room as my office and I don't want to hear it making constant writes as an NVR. For the longest time, I planned on getting a 4 TB WD Purple hard drive connected via USB 3.0, but then I'd have to buy an external enclosure, and if I'm buying an external enclosure for a hard drive, I'm getting one with a fan, and then I'd probably be looking to replace the stock fan with a Noctua.

 

Rather than deal with all of that, I looked into the viability of bringing it all inside the chassis. The DeskMini has space for another NVMe M.2 2280, but I wasn't going to spend that kind of money on a large storage SSD. However, it also has space for two 2.5" drives, so I went with a used 3.84 TB Samsung PM863a enterprise SATA SSD for $150. SMART diagnostic data on it shows just 7 out of a rated 5466 TBW.

 

 

That's it for now. The Noctua fan is scheduled to be delivered on Tuesday.

Nice build log, I love small systems fle multi purpose use. I completely get going SSD only for noise reduction. My setup has mechanical drives only due to the price per GB factor...that and its in my office and some HDD noise in there is fine. If it was in the living room or bedroom....it would be a problem. 

Still waiting for SSD storage price per GB to improve. Replacing my current storage pool with Solid State would be prohibitively expensive.

15 minutes ago, markfw said:

Sorry then, I am out.

No problems.

1 hour ago, markfw said:

I am in for anandtech you understand ????

To enter the competition, you have to fold for EHW. Check first post.

25 minutes ago, YobB1n said:

IN YobB1n

Welcome to EHW!

3 minutes ago, bonami2 said:

Click on my rigs Laptop collection it all there haha.  Maybe i read too fast he was talking about the rigs builder no?

Yeah we are talking about Rig Creator I was commenting on the fact of putting all your laptops into one profile is IMO an odd way to do it as it looks jumbled lol.

Hello all, 

Apologies for the confusion but the above is now RETRACTED. It seems that IPS are not making the changes I thought they were. Unfortunately they poorly described the changes they were making. So there is NO need to alter anything with regards to your current recurring subscription. 

If you did make any changes, and need to revert these or would like to setup a recurring donation, please once again set that up from below. 

https://extremehw.net/store/category/2-ehw-donations-recurring-donation/

Sincere apologies for the back and fourth. 

Regards,

E

1 minute ago, bonami2 said:

 

You can cheat and put many rigs inside one that what i did. Instead of individual part i listed the complete pc. 

I was thinking my 13900k was impressive on sidockhome am jealous of your setup haha

I still don't understand that, multiple parts create the overall rig lol.

11 hours ago, markfw said:

Especially where the name of the site has "extreme" in it, most people have more than one rig ?? A more concise rig would allow more in the sig. Below is my sig at anandtech:

All Doing Rosetta or WCG + F@H === 7 x 7950x + 3 4090 \ 7950x3d + 4090
4 x Genoa 9554 w/linux 128 threads / 192 gig ram each
EPYC Genoa 9654 96c/192t, 192 gig DDR5-4800 ECC w/ 4080
Addition video cards 4080, 3 x 3080TI , 2 x 3090TI, 2 x 3070TI and 4 Titan V's

 

Now I did not add the dual 7763 and the dual 7V12, as I rarely use those.

Our Rig Creator allows up to 15 rig profiles and you can show your top 3 in the signature  , Such as what I have in my signature.  Did you look at the how to videos ?

Double post..but I think I found the issue. It looks like a limitation of the current system that if you have 1 subscription, you cannot have any more. I am talking with IPS about this and will also see if there is another solution to allow members to have both a Premium subscription and another subscription type. 

Apologies to all for any inconvenience, once I have a solution I will let you know

3 hours ago, markfw said:

Well, even if I did, with so many rigs, it does not capture even a small part of my fleet, and I have 3 major types, 9654, 9554 (4) and 7950x (7), not to mention dual 7763 that I hardly ever for up, and dual 7V12 that I rarely use. The Genoas are so much more efficient and powerful, that I don't use those except when I need "more power".

Thanks for the reply. When you say it does not capture even a small part of your fleet, do you mean the amount of rigs profiles you can create ? I only ask as I am happy to have feedback on the feature

10 hours ago, markfw said:

I am in. It won't let me post my rig for some reason. 9654 Genoa 96 core, 192 gig ram, 4080 video card. 130 million ppd in F@H. F@H username Mark_F_Williams. Oh, I have 4 4090's to go along with this and a 4080 waiting to be installed. Also, have 4 9554 64 core Genoas waiting to be fired up, and 7 7950x's. Thats my fleet.

 

My recent stats.

Mark_F_Williams User Summary - Folding@Home Stats - EXTREME Overclocking

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F@H stats user summary for Mark_F_Williams. Help Folding at Home fight Coronavirus, further medical research, and prevent diseases with distributed computing!

 

Total fleet. Its about 230 million ppd if I fire them all up.

Hey, welcome to EHW

Are you using Rig Creator to populate your rig ?

Take a look at our site guide as there are pointers on how the Rig Builder works and how you choose which rigs show in your signature. 

Let me know of you are still struggling

Cheers, 

E

3 hours ago, Memmento Mori said:

 

I just tried Chrome and im not able to find any active "TAB" or "Button which takes you further from this page to the actual paypal site as you have it on the one off donation site.. sorry for bothering you but can you point me to the right direction? ....

 

EDIT: I checked it now not logged in my account and the "SUBSCRIBE NOW" button appears all of the sudden....  Chrome and Brave the same result...  

Thanks for the additional info, that is highly strange as nothing has changed...other than adding the donations. I will double check this again to see if it is some super odd permissions. 

Anyone else having this problem?

3 hours ago, Memmento Mori said:

Hi there,

 

hope your doing well, kind of late to the party as today (3h ago) my donation went to the old address and i kind of cant "click" on anything to choose the donation in the new section (recurring donations or subscription) .  Im using "Brave" browser, so don't know if it is related to the browser or not. Any advice?

No problem with it going via the old method, that is still active. This is just more in preparation for the change over I do not use the Brave browser personally. I can definitely say that the page works with Chrome, Firefox and Edge. Others have also been using the page recently, so for now I can only assume it is either your browser or possibly a blocking ad-on, but I am not sure what an ad-on would block on the page. Are you able to try a different browser ?

23 minutes ago, Oneto said:

In Oneto

Welcome  

1 minute ago, john435 said:

I totally get the struggle with Lenovo BIOS issues – can be a real head-scratcher sometimes. If you're having trouble getting into the BIOS on your Lenovo Ideapad 110-15ACL, here are a couple of things you could try:

1. Boot Options: Give the Novo button a shot during startup. It's usually a tiny button next to the power button. Pressing it might give you access to the BIOS or a boot menu.

2. Fast Boot: Sometimes, fast boot options can interfere. Try disabling it in Windows settings and see if that helps.

3. CMOS Reset: Regarding the CMOS reset, it can vary where it's located. It's not always on the backside. Check near the battery or along the edges of the motherboard – it might be a small button or a jumper.

4. Memory Check: Oddly enough, sometimes faulty RAM can cause reboot loops. Try reseating or replacing your RAM sticks.

Give these a go and see if any luck comes your way. As for the SCT Flash Utility Tool for Lenovo, it's a nifty tool that can sometimes help with BIOS-related quirks.

Welcome to EHW

Released! Awesome review bud

Hello all, 

Originally when we setup the recurring donation packages on the site, we used the inbuilt Store as part of the platform to offer these as "Products". However IPS (platform providers) are now deprecating this feature in light of community owners using better and more established platforms such as Etsy, Shopify etc.  To be fair, we were using this feature in a different way as we were offering a service, as opposed to a physical item. So the move for IPS to move users to using superior services for selling physical items does make sense.

Unfortunately as this feature will be deprecated, any users who had kindly setup a recurring donation to the site will find that this in the future will be cancelled. So what do you do if you want to carry on donating ? Fortunately I have moved our recurring donation packages to our subscriptions page, making it a one stop place for those who either want to purchase a Premium Subscription or/and Donate. If you are still happy to continue donating to the site, please cancel your recurring donation subscription either by visiting the Paypal Subscription section on the site, or login into you Paypal account. Once you have done that, please visit our Subscriptions & Donations page and select a recurring donation package.

Apologies for the inconvenience and your continued support. 

Please note that your Premium Subscriptions are completely unaffected by this change. So please be sure not to cancel these.

Kindest Regards,

E

Hello all, 

Apologies for the confusion but the above is now RETRACTED. It seems that IPS are not making the changes I thought they were. Unfortunately they poorly described the changes they were making. So there is NO need to alter anything with regards to your current recurring subscription. 

If you did make any changes, and need to revert these or would like to setup a recurring donation, please once again set that up from below. 

https://extremehw.net/store/category/2-ehw-donations-recurring-donation/ 

Sincere apologies for the back and fourth. 

Regards,

E