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So, you need: 5x SATA ports with at least 2x being hot-swap enabled. 1x M.2 NVMe slot (assume PCIe 3.0 is fine)? 1x PCIe x8 for the 10GbE adapter (assuming Intel X520 or similar)? 1x 1GbE for NAS 1x 1GbE for Internet. Integrated gfx is fine. So a desktop board with dual RJ45 LAN, 6x SATA...

So how many of the following do you need: PCIe x16 PCIe x8 PCIe x4 PCIe x1 PCI USB 3.0 (rear and/or front) USB 3.1 (rear and/or front) USB 3.2 rear type-C USB 3.2 front panel headers M.2 slots SATA ports DIMM slots (or total capacity). The problem is a lot of motherboards will trade PCIe slot...

Apparently the current Windows 11 beta release can be broken due to a bad ad? The fact that the shell reaches out to a cloud service to operate just screams possible malware vector. https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-breaks-windows-11-by-injecting-ads/...

It's something I've noticed as well, but I've put it down to two things: Lack of innovation in the segment, so no new designs. (AIOs are the cool kid on the block, so that's were the R&D money is spent) and, For a decent cheap cooler most people just get the CoolerMaster 212, or if you need...

With the release of the AMD RX6600XT at it's price point I was hoping that it would drive down the price of some of the older parts, instead all the MSRP stock has disappeared, and replaced with more expensive models... The prices on older models (eg GTX1650 and RTX2060) have remained the same...

We've had a lot of them in the office and they operate extremely well. Very happy with them.

Unfortunately, we are now down to 3 HDD manufacturers, Western Digital, Seagate and Toshiba. However according to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_disk_drive#/media/File:Diagram_of_Hard_Disk_Drive_Manufacturer_Consolidation.svg the 2.5" side of HGST went to WD and the 3.5" side went to...

We've got a few M1 based systems at work, and they operate well for their intended purpose. Performance wise, they perform better than previous Apple laptops, in both CPU performance and battery life. We've found Rosetta to be performant with x86 to ARM, no issues with application...

Additionally, it pushes users to use Googles various cloud based services, which gives Google 2 things: 1. Further insight into the users lifestyle and data, (photos, music, etc). 2. Possible additional income when users need to upgrade the available storage on said cloud service, eg moving from...

Regarding 10bit colour support, all RTX-2000 and RTX-3000 series cards (both desktop and Quadro/A-series) support 10bit colour for gaming an productivity, assuming you have a display that supports 10bit colour information. https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/studio-driver/?ncid=so-twit-88958

I assume you mean the Quadro, and not Quattro (the AWD system used by Audi). The only reason to get a Quadro for gaming is for the VRAM support (up to 48GB), but otherwise from what I have seen they perform the same or a tiny little bit worse than their desktop/gaming equivalents. (This is due...

Exactly as you mentioned... Raw materials and supply chains being constrained for various reasons (mostly COVID-19 related), financial hardships in some countries, and then another crypto-mining boom. And add-in people working from home and most are now looking to update their home systems...

I doubt it. Major OEMs wouldn't be able to sell new systems if that were a requirement, especially to government/corporations/education sector all who traditionally are slow to move to new OS/Applications for various reasons.

Just got my second dose of the Pfizer on last Saturday, and it hit me hard. It was Like having a severe hangover with whole body arches for 2 days, but feeling better now.

Yes absolutely, both Intel and AMD (and all other manufacturers) would not release drivers for operating systems that are EOL. Do you expect any manufacturer to release drivers for say Windows 7, for new devices released in 2021? I wouldn't, especially for core drivers like chipset drivers, GPU...

Similar for people running older Xeon based systems... (Older 6 and 8 core Xeons and X99 based boards are super cheap on the second hand market).

Reading on /. it appears the Zen+ / 8th gen Intel requirement is due to new hypervisor VM CPU instructions introduced on those core architectures. (That's the main difference between those and earlier generations). If the kernel/drivers require those instructions to be available, then that's a...

Microsoft has released a supported processors list: AMD: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-supported-amd-processors Intel: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-supported-intel-processors So...

Actually the ones that may be hit most hard by the TPM 2.0 requirement are the systems from major OEMs (Dell, HP, Lenovo), as often these systems have very limited options in the UEFI interface, and I would suspect that TPM is hard disabled on products targeted for home users, as TPM was often...

@LunarMist, how are you testing? For the Windows 11 upgrade checker to work you need to ensure: CSM is disabled in the UEFI Secure Boot is enabled. You are booting from a drive that is GPT and using the UEFI/GPT bootloader. TPM enabled in the UEFI (either called TPM, fTPM, PSP or PTT) and the...

I don't think it's that bad...(It's still a high number, though) On the Intel side of the fence most Intel chipsets post-Haswell era, have PTT in the chipset (PTT = Platform Trust Technology aka TPM). It'll be hit/miss in the early 100/200 series chipsets, but IIRC all 300, 400 and 500 series...

Interesting note: The min specs for Win11 have increased (no surprise there), but TPM 2.0 is now a hard requirement... https://www.pcworld.com/article/3622940/windows-11-system-hardware-requirements.html

And now it's formally announced,,, Seen a few of the youtube channels have reviewed the leaked beta, and IMHO if's 'meh'... nothing to see here, move along type stuff.

Looks like Sony is exiting the DSLR market to focus on mirrorless: https://www.engadget.com/sony-is-no-longer-selling-dsl-rs-091012774.html

@sedrosken Any interest in the older 8bit (6502 / Z80) or early 16bit x86 systems? If so I've found the following two YouTube channels of interest: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE5dIscvDxrb7CD5uiJJOiw/videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8uT9cgJorJPWu7ITLGo9Ww/videos The first one does...

My wife's allergist and immunologist earlier this week have both heavily advised that she not get any of the current vaccines on offer in Australia, as they don't have enough case studies and evidence on safety for select groups of people especially for those with immune/allergy related...

So, Facebook in order to comply with proposed Australian Law, has decided to remove all news articles and links to mainstream media sites, as well as pages for the news media, etc, rather than have to pay a fee to the media outlets... And most of the news papers are crying foul on Facebook...

We've had a few of these for testing, and seem to work well in the storage roll: https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/motherboard/X10SDV-7TP4F?locale=en And using PCIe to M.2 adapters you can increase to a total of 5x NVMe devices. (1x onboard + 2x on M.2 adapters on the 2x PCIex8 slots)...

Saw this yesterday on LTT:

Well, the 2nd impeachment was tabled in the House and passed... Just waiting on the Senate now... Source: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/14/the-guardian-view-on-trumps-second-impeachment-urgent-and-necessary

Looks like (as reported here), 2nd impeachment may be tabled and voted on in the House tomorrow (13-Jan), with Senate vote likely one week later. The question moving forward, if impeachment is not tabled or fails, how likely will Trump contest the next election or have one of his very close...

I just hope all of you stay safe and out of harms way... Things are looking to get a little worse before they get better. For those following, which is the most likely outcome? 1. 2nd impeachment? 2. 25th amendment? 3. nothing and hope the place doesn't get torched?

Happy New Year to all...

Just like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and hope you enjoy a safe and pleasant holiday period. For all others who also celebrate other events at this time I also wish a: Happy Hanukkah Io, Saturnalia! Happy and Joyful Kwanzaa Happy Constitution Day Joyful Feast of Winter Veil Happy...

@Merc, great to see you back.

Nikon Is ending 70 years of camera production in Japan, and moving production to Thailand, https://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/nikon-is-ending-70-years-of-camera-production-in-japan/

Going to be a stone throw from Dreamworld...

And to top it off, yesterdays temp was 36C (97F) and today is looking the same...

I hate moving house.... Last time was just over 11 years ago...

I went and tried to find out when Samsung switched from SLC to MLC to TLC and QLC on their products and even some of the product datasheets don't list the technology of bit cell count. Listing just Samsung V NAND as the technology doesn't tell me much, since there is 2bit, 3bit and 4bit...

Restrictions in some Australian states were also brought some criticism at the time due to certain scenarios being allowed, and not other in regards to gatherings. But all in all, they were aimed to protecting the community at large, and would appear to have worked. Here is one classic example...

I don't think his own ego will allow himself to be 1 term president. (the last being IIRC Bush Snr).

US hits 1million new cases in less than a week. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/21/health/us-coronavirus-saturday/index.html WTF is going there? Also todays paper reported that Donald Trump jr has tested positive as well?

So what's the mood in the streets throughout most cities in the US at the moment? Any serious threat of civil unrest or possible civil war between the two factions? From what's being reported here, that most vocal Trump supporters appear quite fanatical?

I'm surprised how close it has become... What's being reported here in Oz, is that Biden pretty much has won it (assuming he wins NV). However lots of reports of claims that Trump's allies and even himself will launch legal action over various aspects of vote counting, etc.

Hasn't been for years... Many consider the US to now be a Oligarchy, due to the power of lobbyists on government policy. That is, policy and law is not governed by the populous belief and public desire or for the betterment of all, but rather the invested interests of a few (non-elected)...

The main reason for mentioning the 1060, (it's IMHO still a decent card even today), was to ensure they weren't paying full price for what is either old stock or as you mention 2nd hand... If they got a good discount on it, then a good buy.

Trump has covid-19?

Didn't realise people still had stock of the 1060? (replaced by the 1650 and 1660 over 18mths ago). I assume it's the 6GB version and not the 3GB version?

Aren't both Opera and Vivaldi now based on the Chromium rendering engine? (aka Chrome).