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I get it, but it's fine. I also get that feeling of "Is this the one that blows everything up?" every major update, regardless of Linux, Mac, or Windows (only Windows, of course, came close). Anecdotal evidence, I've been running Kubuntu on this laptop since 19.10 and every release update...

That's fine. They're not going to care. If the manufacturer/reseller is going to turn around and resell it somehow they're going to reimage the SSD regardless. Your only concern is protecting/wiping your personal data. I'm not familiar with this option. Make damn sure it does what the name...

Check the BIOS/UEFI for a wipe option. SATA/NVME secure erase

Alternately, if you have a spare USB-C PD port available at your desk (e.g., a recent multi-port cell phone charger), you could wire up the fans to something like the Adafruit's breakout board. You'd also need to wire in a switch, but that's simple.

1. I'd also go at least i7-14xxx. IIRC MS Flight Sim is very resource-intensive. With or without iGPU is a matter of taste. Without is a tad cheaper, with gives you a backup and access to the Intel encoders/decoders FWIW. 2. SATA SSDs perform fine for everyday tasks, but generally they're no...

Yeah, VPNs as offered/advertised by outfits like Nord and that Norton product provide basically nothing for security. Common application protocols such as HTTPS and encrypted DNS (DoT, DoH) cover you there. If some hotspot or whatever seems so sketchy that a VPN feels necessary, maybe it's...

Like the others said, yeah, maybe you'll see a little bit of a boost. I think the real improvement over what you have now might be noise levels. The Thermalrights, that Cooler Master, and like tower coolers with their larger surface area and larger dual fans are much more efficient and don't...

That Cooler Master may well cool the CPU a bit better under load, and it may do the job more quietly. But holy hell, it's $100? I'd just go with a closed-loop all-in-one radiator for that price. Instead, maybe consider the one of the Thermalright models, such as the Peerless Assassin, Phantom...

Well yeah, if you want to be pedantic about it, Linux also has no CLI. It's just a kernel. Real-world, no one cares. There's an opinion I never thought I'd see.

Lian Li and others gave up on aluminum mostly due to costs, so titanium seems like a huge stretch.

Yes, that's the credentials file option I'd mentioned, and is also outlined in the link I'd made. And as I'd alluded to, doing so may or may not be an acceptable idea depending on the situation.

A possible issue with using fstab to be aware of: Any username/password generally will be stored in cleartext somewhere, either in fstab itself or in a credentials file. This may or may not be OK for a given use case and your comfort level. There is an option to use the kernel's keychain via...

Also the SK Hynix P41 / Solidigm P44 twins are just as good, though they don't seem to go on sale as often as the other two and only go up to 2 TB.

If you have a ton of active tabs open then yeah, extra RAM might help a little bit. But honestly, it's time for a new system.

They'd make fine boot drives for a NAS or other network appliances.

Yep, looks pretty good to me, expect: Yeah, this. The Intel CPUs run hot, even the i5s can get toasty. Also, I believe the regular (i.e., not SE) versions of the Thermalrights have better fans. Also consider getting one of the contact frames.

True. But an NVMe unit is a bit more future-proof, and might be better when the time comes to upgrade to a new system. There's also tech like Direct Storage, which, while not yet widely implemented, AFAIK requires an NVMe SSD.

Top choices are the Samsung 870 Evo and Crucial MX500. Most anything else is most likely going to be DRAMless and/or QLC. Does your system have a free PCIe slot? m.2 adapters for NVMe SSDs are another option.

According to the specs page both m.2 slots are PCIe 4. The block diagram for that SoC confirms the capability. A PCIe 3 SSD will of course work fine in a PCIe 4 slot (and vice versa).

That linked build looks fairly good. A few thoughts: I'd go with a single 2 TB SSD instead of a pair of 1 TB units. I wouldn't bother buying a SATA SSD, any cost saving is minimal at best and not really worth it. SK Hynix P41 (currently on sale for ~$115 via coupon code at Amazon), WD SN850X...

The two apps you mention that crash out the system both rely on a GPU (I'm assuming the Radeon in your setup) to accelerate operations. Have you considered that it may be the cause? What happens if you pull the Radeon and use the CPU's iGPU instead? The RAM could also be the issue. Do you maybe...

AppleInsider maintains price lists of major retailers of all Mac models in all configurations. Obviously the Mini is going to be cheapest: https://prices.appleinsider.com/mac-mini-late-2020 https://prices.appleinsider.com/mac-mini-2023 (The M1 Mini via Amazon looks to be 3rd-party sellers only)...

I wouldn't worry about SSD heat so much. PCIe 3 SSDs don't generate a lot of it, and normal gaming just isn't going to work the drive that hard. Just make sure you have reasonable airflow over it and it'll be fine. All the reports from a few years ago of SSDs overheating were from stress tests...

Unless you're going to rewire your home to provide 240 V (I'm guessing you're on US 120 V) and/or 20-30 A at that outlet, and also pay many hundreds to thousands of dollars more for the UPS itself, it's gonna have to be. But yeah, it'll probably be fine at stock. IIRC Nvidia recommends for the...

I'm just mulling over ways to get you onto a SSD without spending more than necessary on an older system, and/or making things more complicated with alternate bootloaders (I'm not personally familiar with Clover) or BIOS/UEFI hacks. I don't see a clear answer. If you know that the new drive will...

Hmmm... I was expecting something like a 256 or maybe 512 GB-class SSD, where the cost differences between SATA and NVMe are much more pronounced. At 2 TB, where a good NVMe unit costs about the same as a SATA one, it may be a different story. Any idea on the how your storage is being used...

I'm assuming that we're talking about two different SSDs here and a fairly old system. Unless you are planning to buy a NVMe SSD to move into a new system after retiring this current one, I'd keep it simple and just get an inexpensive SATA SSD. In everyday usage, the perceived benefits of SSDs...

Yeah, for a 2.0/2.1 setup a USB DAC/amp would be better if not going with monitors or some other option with a built-in amp. Unfortunately, AFAICT, no one makes a USB DAC/amp that supports more channels (e.g., 5.1), and standalone five channel amps are very expensive. Using an AVR would be a...

It's been a bit since I last looked into this option myself, but has it gotten any better? AFAIK the issue is that you end up with a second "ghost' display that sometimes Windows decides is real and starts putting stuff on. The alternative is to connect your monitor via HDMI instead of...

Looks more melted than crumbled to my eyes. The box itself is fine? Whoever packed the HDD probably picked up the deformed piece, shrugged their shoulders at it, and used it anyways. It's possible it happened in-transit, maybe the box was too close to a heater or something. That plastic is...

Only substantial difference I can see is the Monoprice is UL listed, which is a big plus. I guess they simply have economies of scale working in their favor. Only reason I can see to go with the Truecable stuff is if you really want a rainbow of cable colors in your walls or want to make mini...

Yeah I'll also only do full copper. At the scale of a single home any additional cost is minimal. For just passing an ethernet signal CCA is usually OK, but once you get into power-over-ethernet full copper is practically a requirement to reduce losses over the runs.

Without links it's hard to say. I'm assuming (hoping) these aren't audiophool retailers. It's certainly possible the more expensive stuff is better quality. Tougher jacketing, thicker gauge wire, riser vs plenum rated, etc. It may be that Monoprice simply buys/sells more and is able to get...

The differences are probably too minor to notice outside of benchmarks. Just get a single 4 TB unit and call it a day. In case you missed the deal thread, the SN850X is currently going for ~$230.

In the terminal: cd /home sudo mkdir ./shared sudo chown <user>:<group> ./shared # optional, set the owner/group to something other than root sudo chmod a=rwx ./shared # set the directory to be fully readable/writable/executable for all, modify as needed

The filesystem permissions are set to disallow other users from writing to the directory, or reading from it or one above it (which is a common default for home directories). The dialog (a front-end for Samba it appears) is noting that you're trying to set filesharing permissions that conflict...

What's the use case? Is this just to tinker around with and learn? Running services for home? Gaming/emulation box? Other projects, e.g., IoT-like stuff? A common inexpensive go-to is used/refurb Lenovo Tiny, HP Mini, and Dell Micro desktop unit off of Ebay (just be sure to also get the PSU)...

A Dan_D noted, it depends. Often, the command set the device recognizes is a superset of that supported my its remote. A basic, but common, example: most remote only have a power toggle, but the device may recognize discrete on and off commands. It's possible that your devices may recognize...

Make copies of a sampling of your library and try out various taggers. Picard is nice because it utilizes the very consistent MusicBrainz DB. You don't have to worry about variations in naming, capitalization, substitutions (e.g., 'and' vs. '&'), etc. for titles and artists. The acoustic...