Recent content by djstarfox

I did, and their sales dept said, "I'm sorry but at this time AMD has not provided us with an ETA."

Only OEM? Then, why does B&H have "coming soon"? https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1652599-REG/amd_ryzen_7_pro_5750g.html

Any news on the AMD Ryzen PRO 5000 series CPU market? I saw the release date for retail was Aug 3, 2021, but I'm unable to find anyone in North America that's selling them. Should I try to find a European retailer, or wait for the suppled to come westward?

Try MemTest86+

I would recommend investing in a new router that can handle 10G, such as this one ($700) as an example: https://shop.netgate.com/products/6100-base-pfsense And before you ask, yes, the 4 WAN ports are just generic interfaces that can each be configured separately as VLAN, WAN, LAN2, etc. This...

I should also point out that Tim Cook wrote this letter in 2016 that is still public... condemning survellance on their platform (including iCloud).... talk about a flip flop. https://www.apple.com/customer-letter/

That's a great start to hardening those Dream Machine devices. A while back, I recommended one to a friend, but looking at what you found, I am reluctant to recommend it again... Also, it would be helpful to separate out the hardening sysctl values from the IPv6 disable values....

On the topic of waiting for replacement GPUs.... The fan PWM circuit on my GTX 960 failed a while back, and a replacement fan didn't work. :( So, until I can get an upgrade (at a reasonsable price), I strapped on a Noctua 92mm fan. Actually, it runs quieter than the stock fan by far...

You might regret going cheap on a 1030... I also agree if you can jump to a 1650 (SUPER or not), I think your client will appreciate the performance improvement. Or split the difference (price and performance) and look for deals on a 1050 Ti...

In my experience, the two noise makers are 1) fans and 2) spinning hard drives. Assuming you replaced all HDD with SDD (or super-quiet HDD), then the next step would be to have bigger, slower spinning fans. Less open areas in a case does help the noise, but if the fans have to spin faster to...

Sounds like you really want to use Linux. :)

I haven't tried it yet, but I wish they had a LTS edition of iOS... The phones always run slower after a major OS upgrade...

Agree most with Unreal Tournament and all the frags from Face_2 map. :) Also, I'd love to see a modern remake of Descent...

Too many sell-outs these days, but I know that's just my idealist talking since Discord is not profitable yet. I respect their stance to not fund with advertising. I would have liked to see a joint venture with Microsoft rather than a buy-out. (Discord + better UI = winner)

Looks like NewEgg has them today & tomorrow at $180 as a Shell Shocker deal (limit 3). https://www.newegg.com/black-wd-elements-12tb/p/N82E16822234406