Recent content by arnemetis

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In the past I have used super backup & restore, I've successfully done this with at least two phone transfers. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.idea.backup.smscontacts&hl=en_US&gl=US&pli=1

Since we already established a tight budget, I still say look into a cloud solution first. Using your old systems as a backup, especially on raid 0, is very high risk with very little protection. You would need that backup in case the main array fails, so you would be extracting 100% of the data...

I use backblaze, have around 65tb with them. My arrays are using hardware raid, so on windows backblaze sees then as simple volumes so I can use their standard unlimited plan. With gigabit upload it doesn't take very long. Technically I should have another form of local storage, which I do have...

Not planning on running this in a rack, it will be sideways due to the space not having the needed depth for a rack with the oil tank in the way. The fan wall has got to go, the stock 80mm fans will be entirely unacceptable so if things don't seem supported I will have to add additional support...

I just bought 8x seagate 7200rpm 18tb drives to update my system, but I need to finally put everything in a proper case. I currently run two RAID 6 arrays on my Areca ARC-1883ix-16-2G via breakout sata cables, 8x hgst 5400 rpm 4tb & 8x wd 5400 rpm 8tb. The internals I want to keep is otherwise...

Here's my desktop, less impressive than the laptop but still holds its own well enough. 16gb x 2 3800mhz cl14 ram.

Asus Scar 17 2023 model 7945hx & mobile 4080, not too shabby:

You sure do. But if there are other people that also have it in their carts, whoever finishes checkout first wins. The issue is we don't know how many customers are trying for the same item, and how much stock a given store has. Could be 30 customers fighting over 2 cards, you never know. That...

Yes in that case, you are correct. The listed value has to be converted. I thought you meant you have to sell your eth/btc/etc at an exchange for fiat (incurring all those fees and the taxable event,) and then once that clears use your fiat to buy, that was the portion I was concerned with. Many...

That isn't true anymore. Here's the first obvious example I could think of, newegg https://kb.newegg.com/knowledge-base/using-crypto-on-newegg/

I did this with my original 4tb disk array, I expanded from 5 disks to 8. I would think it would be more dangerous to add one at a time, as it would have to re-calculate parity every time.

Last year I did the $50 box and got the following: An unknown pci gpu that had a damaged bracket. A 16gb stick of unknown ddr4, 2400 or 2800mhz. A mr world bluetooth speaker with a dead battery that works occasionally when plugged in but not at more than 2/3 volume. Would not do it again.

First time is always rough, I made my first hard tube loop last year. When you get more than one bend per segment the complexity skyrockets. What I found extremely helpful was to make some jigs using bricks, so I always had a 90 or two to bend against. I also had drawn out the distances I needed...

Yes, I do it and I suspect many more will now moving forward. But some cases have no adapter or setup for vertical, so this is something many others need to be aware of. I myself won't be buying a 4090, my 3090 will just have to suffice (one day I should update my sig.)