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Literally just flung the LePow (aka LeShit) one out a window because the stand was garbage. Looking for any other portable monitors that can lie flat when not needed. Anyone got one not in use? Heat under Lopoetve.

So it's time to finally start building what will be the core storage appliance to my homelab. Current plans are TrueNAS Core (boot from USB), with... well, a pile of storage. One VM running @ 2G (it's a backup pfsense box), everything else dedicated to storing stuff! Main workloads are VMs -...

I have spent the last TWELVE hours twisting, turning, flopping, etc this damned system and block around trying to get this air bubble out. I made it WORSE instead of better (and had to clean up coolant spills too). I'm at my wits end - the shitty corsair block has a ridge around where the...

I'm trying very hard to avoid buying an additional Orbi satellite, as I don't need one for more wifi coverage - I need to convert a wired only device to wireless, running an OS that has no support for wireless networking in any fashion (TrueNAS running PFSense as a bhyve VM). I bought...

I have a need for 3 external USB drives - 128G is good enough - but they cannot be your traditional thumbstick (honestly prefer old crappy spinning rust for this). They're boot drives for server OSes that store logs, and experience shows they kill thumb drives - that being said, they don't need...

2020/2021 I finally upgraded my entire home setup and built out all the things I always wanted to have - but with the GPU shortage, getting the right cards into the right spots turned out harder than expected. Wanted a 3080 in the gaming box, ended up snatching up a pre-blocked 3090 instead...

So this is not something I ever thought I'd have trouble finding, but suddenly they're either totally out of stock, or discontinued - and I have a 10G SFP switch that won't autonegotiate down to 1G for adapters or even optics... bah. Port count is relatively unimportant, but my last one is...

I'll admit I did a dumb on this one. TL;DR - removed RAID (external JBOD) from a system with the plans of reconfiguring it elsewhere, now that system takes 1.5 minutes extra to boot (waiting on the drives that aren't there anymore) because I was stupid and forgot to clean it all up ~before~...

So I'm FINALLY building out the ultimate man-cave, including a professional designer. I've been running my HTPC in a HAF XB Evo (which I LOVE), but it's... well, not pretty is putting it mildly. Thing is a chonker. I'd like something cleaner looking, but I do have some hard requirements -...

Sellling: MSI B450M Bazooka board. Worked perfectly, but I needed something that fully supported WOL, and this board didn't. Had a 2700X in it for 4 months, swapped to a different board (automated server room). $50 shipped. Need: 64G DDR4 (consumer based). Speed and flashy not super...

Bought Icy Dock mistakes that don't support larger drives. Need replacement that doesn't suck and can handle full size 2.5" drives (15.5mm, 5TB Seagate). Anyone know of one? Amazon availability preferred. Hoping for 5.25 -> 2x 2.5", so I can convert two 5.25 bays into 4 2.5 bays. Otherwise...

So, odd request - I picked up a cheap B350 board for a 2700X / some spare DDR4 that I had sitting around for a project. Worked great, till we got to the headless operation portion of the equation. Sadly, this board (B350 Bazooka, I believe) does not support WOL - the cheap Realtek 1G NIC...

So I haven't had to do this in ~forever~, and I apparently am totally out of date. Need to control 3 fans that are hooked to the motherboard headers, and the motherboard native software (SIV from Gigabyte) simply refuses to run now. Most of mine are attached to a commander pro (it's a corsair...

Fighting a really odd issue before I give up and RMA the board or replace it with something different. This acts JUST like a Ryzen system at maximum RAM unless you bump the SoC voltage, so that's why I'm asking. Details: Specs: 10980XE @ stock (default motherboard optimizations) x299...

Working on a 10980XE system, bought a x299 Designare that has ... proven exceptionally problematic. To the point of driving me mad. (First 16X slot doesn't work for video cards, doesn't recognize NVMe drives being installed in BIOS even though they work fine, constant crashes and other...

edit: all sold

Looking for a relatively compact, but high quality 2.0 setup for my workstation. Generally it's for music, occasional movies (background stuff), and once-in-a-while gaming. I tend to use my headphones for serious gaming - so just a 2.0 setup that is no more than say 6" tall overall (to fit...

Sanity checking a few things here. Goal is IPSec that learns from BGP, since each site has subnets that are created/destroyed regularly (routed), and talk via BGP to update routing to the core. 2 sites. Site A, Site D (there will be a B/C eventually). PFSense handling core routing for both...

Corsair 1000D, dual system (10980XE + 10900k server). Air-cooling/AIO cooling on this (which was always supposed to be a temporary plan) has proven... yeah. No joy. Either I'm blocking too many PCIE slots for an air cooler that is potent enough to keep the 10900 cool... or I'm cooking the...

Just need a pic - I bought it "used" (looks like the motherboard was taken out of the static bag but that was it), but the standoff for the first M.2 drive doesn't make sense (there's no screw long enough to reach through the hole in the heatsink to the actual standoff). Driving myself a bit...

Obviously plus cash on my side, or up for possible sale: GTX 970 - EVGA SC. Ran in a friends system for 3 years, then has been in my backup workstation for about 4 months. Works perfectly. FS: $110. Red Devil 5700XT: Used for about 6 months (was troubleshooting an issue with an RX580 -...

Need a small Ryzen setup. ITX based - APU would actually be a bonus, but I'd also take a traditional Ryzen chip. 4c minimum (8 is also fine). Less worried about ram and case than I am small, compact, and quiet. Bonus if it’s not x370 just for compatibility reasons. Heatware under Lopoetve. Can...

Anyone tried to know if it works? Have a Z490 itx board coming as a secondary system in a 1000D case, but I’d love to feed it 128G. 64 is somewhat less useful for my needs.

Edit: Don't hook up computers drunk.

So building a dual system in a 1000D. Alphacool or EK radiators, haven't decided yet (probably EK block, AC rads), but either way, I know I'm going with a 420MM up top, and then I have 480MM of space up front. What I'd LIKE to do, since I have two systems in there, is split the rad space up...

I'm utterly stuck on this one. Was about to order the 719 and finally remembered the "other" dual system case I'd seen - the 1000D. Now I'm torn. Literally had both of them in my Amazon cart at various points over the last week and a half, and I just can't pull the trigger. Hoping some folks...

Picking up a 719 most likely for a 10980XE build; but also considering chucking in a small ITX server as well (why not? it's there!). The "recommended" power supply for that seems to be the Revolt X or dual Revolt Pros... but, I'm curious: 1. Do you really have to have one of those? Could...

Got the CPU, going on a Designaire 10G - 128G of RAM (mixed usage - CAD and 3d design some, might run a 3d printer, some server workloads in the background, possibly occasional light gaming if I feel weird). Trying to figure out how to cool it - with my Threadripper, I just chucked the TR4...

Simple fun thread... we used to have one of these, back in the day. The easy question - how did you name your systems, and why? Currently: Gaming systems are named after video game ships. Sovereign - Z490 + 10700K + 3080 - Mine Normandy - Z170 + 6700K + 1080 - Wifes Mixed Use: Named...

So, clearly a hardware issue of ~some~ kind, but I'm torn on swapping the PSU or the motherboard first. Memcheck passes 100%. System: Gigabyte X570 Aorus Elite Ryzen 3950X Hyper-EVO 212 cooler (for now, waiting on replacement backplate so I can put an AIO on this, but crash is at idle, so...

Managed to snag this on the Newegg drop prior to Christmas. NOT looking to sell, only possibly to trade - in hand, would ship out immediately in cross-ship if you have what I'm looking for. Want: air cooled 6800XT or 6900XT. Would rather not try to figure out how to fit the radiator into this...

Stuff that must go: Everything labeled Control4. Garbage top to bottom. Is there an automation system out there that doesn't suck? REL HT/1508 subwoofer. Garbage. Junk. Dead after 8 months. Need something better, similar quality and price ($2k or so). The HT/1508 is pretty large, and...

The downsides of buying used - sometimes you don't realize the prior owner swapped out the motherboard brackets for something... not stock. Bought an x570 board cheap for a 3950 build (medium load - need the threads, but not planning on maxing them out), came with a Hyper-212 Evo, didn't...

Finishing off systems. Need most of an x299 system; motherboard and CPU, and I’d consider RAM if you have it too. 10c minimum. May be a little picky on the motherboard - need at least 6SATA and 1-2 NVMe. Needs to be able to eventually run 10th gen chips. Also need a 2950X CPU. Got the board...

Yet another lockdown inspired build... did the gaming system and the workstation in may and June, did the HTPC in August... VR system is wrapping up shortly... which leaves me bored again - just as we go into lockdown two. So, with an X570, TRX40, x399, and Z490 already done... all that’s...

Short version: How's the 5700XT for VR (Oculus Rift v1)? Trying to figure out which video card to put where. I'm building out my room-scale VR system so that my wife and I both have similar capabilities. We mostly play Arizona sunshine together, and she plays things like beat sabre/etc for a...

Looking at something like this...

Trade made. Closing thread. I was in such a hurry to get through checkout, I didn't sanity check the dimensions. The triple fan cooler won't fit with the space in the system before my res. :( Card is in-hand, not interested in selling (I'll figure something out if it's just not going to...

New one for me. Touch baffled. System is perfectly stable and has been for the 2 months since I built it. Works perfect gaming/normal work/etc, all perfectly fine. Then today I installed the latest Nvidia drivers to prep for the 3080 I have sitting here (that won't fit, DAMMIT!) - and boom...

Edit: Have everything I need. Closing thread.