patman30

i do still use cases, i have 3 rigs in cases which are not pretty at all, no lights nothing but one misconception though is dust, you do not get dust build up with open air rigs even if you did it can be quickly blown out easily the 2 smaller rigs are pretty for a reason, they dont have to be pretty, they can look like the very quiet fanless budget one

you can get PCIe cards to add upto 20 sata ports (see my hdd rack pic above, 2 cards) but yes cases (and latest motherboards) are not so accomodating FYI, phanteks currently have modular cases that can take 10 HDD (or can add a 2nd itx motherboard)

yeh SMR drives are pooh Thats why you see Pro drives being used???? the blue and yellow rig has 2 portable drives on the back they take an age to fill as SMR (as most externals are) be sure to check if drive is CMR or SMR most pro/enterprise drives are CMR there was the issue with WD Reds, where they switched from CMR to SMR this was cleared up with red plus to avoid confusion i use WD ultrastar or toshiba mostly buy the pro/enterprise drives for the 5 year warranty as well as performance toshiba are best value atm, they seem to have stopped their pro versions and just have enterprise now

see my pics above, easy fix but i would not buy anything pre built anyway

just to add those small boards in my pics each cost roughly 1000 baht including CPU the pink board was old and used, but the other 2 rigs are using new board/CPU the smallest rig is real budget the board/cpu was 850 baht, with 200w PSU for 200 baht and 1 old stick of DDR3 ram i had and a USB stick which i am running windows on plus the 2 x 6TB HDD of course which i got cheap at 3200 baht each FYI the difference on CCTV drives to others is the read/write speed is heavily throttled as soon as the drive starts to get hot

unpopular as in very few seeds or lesser known stuff not everything has a big marketing budget lots of great stuff goes under the radar for most people dead mans shoes just for an example

no. on side note where i am now had the coldest winter i have experienced here last night and couple before have been something else the hot breeze, i mean hot, like opening a fan over door

for large storage not for running OS HD movies and TV shows quickly add up, especially 2160p a lot of what i store is old or unpopular stuff that is harder to download these days and all mostly for guests. i do download stuff that i may not watch for months

That rig is a few years old really although i took my old rig apart to use parts on other rigs a lot of my hardware was paid for from mining but those days are long gone imo what i have now is for something being released this year (NOT "crypto" but does use POC) cannot really say anything more publicly due to laws here DM me if you want to be informed when we go public here are a few other rigs i have made from old or cheap low power hardware maybe the OP would be interested in such as these would suit most people IMO that do not need GPU acceleration i do also plan to make a few small rigs that are 100% independant, off grid solar with sim the pink rig is my media center has sata HDD, and 2 x 6TB (for what is coming) and a 14TB drive for media (with any spare space being used) i do still use a few cases but for my needs it is hard to find cases these days that have many 3.5" drive bays as most people generally don't need them as i could not find suitable cases at a reasonable price, i then looked into making my own frames which work out much cheaper and the hardware stays much cleaner, due to no dust build up

"OP's not telling" yet you are sure on what he is and is not doing.......????

Stuffs....lol

"built some 12 years ago" surely it is time for a new HDD, especially if building a new system for which a single HDD should easily cover the capacity of the 5 old drives i doubt the OP has more than 40TB on those old drives

i mostly use open air cases (frames) these days this is my main PC although it does now have 6 x 6TB drives at the empty space at base and 2 fans underneath them

why would 4 SATA ports not be sufficient for the OP? not saying that board/combo is ideal for the OP and his needs (although something like that seems it would be) but most people generally need 2 sata ports if any these days as we move to M.2 SSDs (This is coming from someone with a rig that has 50 SATA HDDs) if OP needs such storage i expect a new single HDD (or 2 for raid) would cover all his storage needs but 4TB M.2 are available, even 1TB might be enough for the OP not many people need more than this TBH not sure if the OP keeps his downloaded files i have my media library on a single 14TB drive

Yes. Aircons working obvertime at present confirmed by energy use monitor chart i have off grid solar had computers and everything else shut down yesterday but still woke up to alarm bells for low power last night was like an oven outside even at night with a HOT breeze

if in patts once you know roughly what you want you can just go to JIB in tukcom buy the parts from them and they will build for you for free it would be a good idea to post your budget you really do not need a powerful machine for what you do but i would advise getting a new motherboard that at least supports DDR5 RAM and preferrably has at least 2 x M.2 SSD slots this would purely be for longevity before next upgrade is needed as for parts the PSU could be worth keeping, even as backup but personally if rest of system is new i would get new PSU ALL of your parts can be stripped down, cleaned and sold online some old parts even fetch a good price these days due to scarcity

obviously 4001 people used the system at the exact same second and that is the cause....LOL

depends on your location and lifestyle do you plan to keep the hilux? if not, how long will it be before you miss having a pickup or need to rent a pickup for something?

avoid food and screens a few hours before sleep turn off any blue LED lights, dim any lighting wake up early, don't have an afternoon nap weed is now legal, you do not need to smoke it but you can ingest it which takes an hour or so before it starts to take effect DM me if you need advice on weed oil/butter/edibles hoe to dose etc.

i have literally already suggested this to the wife make a big picture sign on main road opposite school

Agree with the rest, but not this part. The farmers listen and follow whatever the gov tells them hence why the land in most parts is in such a mess what they done before to "tackle" the burning was ban the factories from accepting burnt sugarcane so now the famrer must pay for manual labour to trim the sugar cane but they then just burn the waste so it solves nothing and just makes it slightly better for the factory and adds extra expense for the farmer

remembering a very simple formula is a lot easier than remembering a gazillion passwords even with a password manager you need to remember your password, which should be secure even then for that single secure password remembering a simple formula is easier????

in 3 months all the fields will have been harvested and waste burned and the politicians will be claiming victory (till next Jan)

All depends what time and day you look at the map

is it still "disinformation" ?