Recent content by sechs

I wouldn't suggest running your router in a VM unless you're cool with your Internet access going down every time the host freezes or reboots. If you choose to go virtual, anyway, you will want to pass it the NICs and storage that it will be using. Four-port, fanless mini PCs are pretty easy...

For the record, the brain swap went off with only a few hitches I had to manually install some drivers for Win10, but it reactivated without any complaints. Windows 11 activated on the old laptop without any complaints Also, Win11 Home sucks donkey balls

As far as I know, the new machine will be licensed to Windows 11. There's actually a SKU with the same hardware and Windows 10, but it costs fifty bucks more....

I'm hoping that one of you has some experience with moving Windows 11 installs. I have a customer with a failed fan on their HP laptop. It's still under warranty, but they can't be without a machine for the two week turn-around time, so I'm picking up this year's model with the intent of...

I'll point out that, if you had dropped an Intel chip on the motherboard socket, you may have had a useless motherboard....

In my experience, Newegg has basically become a crappier version of Amazon

Between cryptocurrency miners, low supply of new cards, and high consumer demand, used GPU prices are through the roof Last time around, I sold my RX 480 for as much as I paid for it; this time, I sold my 5700XT netting about $100 more than I paid for it Better to be selling shovels than...

What was the configuration before?

CGNAT? I wouldn't worry about the IP information. Even if the owner hasn't changed in years, I've seen them be wrong.

I kind of feel like B550 doesn't have a whole lot going for it when B450 boards are so cheap.

Shouldn't portable heaters come out in the fall, not the spring?

I don't think that this is going to make it past OEM systems which can save money by doing it this way. There's not enough in it for your average builder to switch.

His podiatrist would know, right?

I think that I'd prefer a huge pain than losing 2FA to someone who managed to break into my phone.

Next gen Epyc will be out next year. They better be pretty deep into Zen 3.