SpaceKadet

If you look around, you'll find that most socket 1700 MoBo's have only 4 SATA ports. You'll have to go above mid range or go specialist boards to get 6 SATA or more. Comes with a price. The manufacturers seem to include 3-4 M.2 slots instead. The OP PSU is a Corsair MT850W. Corsair is a well known quality manufacturer. I use many components from them. 850 watt is sufficient to drive a fair size rig.

All the NUCs I've seen come with low end processors and low memory. No expansion capabilities. And do pray tell how I would fit 4 spinners, 2 SSD and an RTX4070Ti inside the case.

When I changed to retirement last year, the immigration wanted a copy of our marriage paper. They said: "Only this time, because I was changing". My wife was with me, but they didn't ask her anything, and she didn't sign anything. I did include the Tabien Baan of our house and copy of her ID. It took all of 15 minutes from submitting the documents, and getting the passport back with the extension stamp. That was in Hua Hin. Link to my post about changing from marriage to retirement.

The OP doesn't tell us the full specs of his current rig, but seems to be happy with MoBo, CPU and memory upgrade. He does not mention the size of his spinners, but seems to be happy as they are. Perhaps the have been upgraded over the years. Looking at the pictures, I find the layout quite strange. There is, what appear to be a DVD drive at the bottom of the case, and the graphics card is in a slot furthers away from the CPU. Normally, the graphic card occupies the first slot closet to the CPU, as this is the fastest. There is also a small card next to the graphics. Might be an external SATA, as the OP wanted that. If the Op still follows this thread, perhaps he could clarify. As the upgrade path, I would suggest an M sized MoBo. It's smaller than the standard ATX, and will make the case more roomy. The only disadvantage for the M size is that generally there are only 4 SATA ports, so additional SATA card might be needed. For the CPU, an Intel i5, even Gen12 processor, would probably do nicely. As the OP is not a gamer, he might not need a dedicated graphics card, and could probably use the built in graphics on the CPU chip. Of course, NVMe for the boot drive will make this rig fly. The PSU is large enough, and from a reputable manufacturer, and IMO don't need replacement. I estimate the suggested upgrades would be around 16,000+ baht, and Jib could do an upgrade in 1 hour. Personally, I would stay away from Lazada, Aliexpress and NUCs. The pic is from my latest upgrade to my HTPC. It's what an M sized MoBo can do for a case.

I wonder what chipset that might be.... BX something? And I'm about to splurge 19,000 baht on a MoBo for my new rig.

So now the contenders are: Honda Jizz and Suki Celery.... wow! ????????

I wonder what it does on a quarter mile.....

I have been using Samitivej for my cardio. Have only good things to say about the doctors, treatment and also prices. Heart MRI there was 24,000 baht. They said they had a special that week, go figure. Also, my cardiologist arranged consultations with visiting professors from the Ramatibodi university hospital, free of charge. When it was time to pay, the clinic nurse just gave me a slip and asked me to go to cashier. Normally you would get escorted when the bill is more than 4 digits, my experience from that Soi 1 hospital.

Well, if you don't have 800,000 baht or equivalent in your name when you retire, then perhaps you should stay in your home country. Considering that once you move, you'll lose all medical benefits and much more, but still expect to pay taxes on your pension.

TBH I have not read all the replies in this thread, but for me, I was so intimidated by IO every time I extended my family visa, that I said ENOUGH! Last extension, i switched to retirement. Opened Fixed Account with 1 million deposit. Got a letter from the bank Printed out statement on the day of application One form filled in Hand drawn map to my place 15 minutes after application got my extension. Advantages: No bringing my wife No pictures of us in the bedroom No pictures around the house and property No bringing a Thai guarantor Cannot be easier than that.

C'mon guys, just let the girl have her 5 minutes of fame....

I was aware of that. I have NordVPN subscription for all my devices.

Unfortunately you can't select a server by country. Mine is a free version and has VPN, but selectable by region only..

Install Opera browser... comes with it.

It came from the local newspaper that can't be mentioned, quoted or linked on this forum. If you go there, I'm sure you'll find it.

Slightly off topic, but just recently read an article about Bali locals being very fed up with the hordes of visiting (and staying) Russians and Ukrainians. To the point that they wanted to stop issuing visa on arrival for those nationalities. They described their behavior as barbaric and uncivilized. The article said that the numbers of Russians and Ukrainians coming to the island was three times that of Australians, previously being most numerous.

Well the Harley guy definitely can ride, and the rice burner really had a hard time keeping up. And that was only a Sportster..... imagine a real Big Twin.... Just shows you, it's not always the bike, but the riding skills that win.

You never know, might be 2nd generation native... Something like 20% of Swedish citizens don't have a "Swedish" name, whatever that might be. Gudrun Nilsson? Frida Mjälkenborg?

Yeah, I have a cousin too. And she's still alive. Empirical evidence here; do not attempt to start an untuned bike with open exhaust that backfires into a jerrycan full of gasoline. You might qualify for the Darwin awards..... By the way; did you know that they inflate party balloons with bike exhaust in this county? That rubber must be really good quality and heat resistant too....

Try to read the thing about air/fuel ratio and the ignition temperature. How smoking in the car would cause an explosion outside?

I never shut down the engine while fueling up in Saudi, and never shut it down here. How can a running engine cause an explosion? All urban myths... There was a documentary made some times ago dispelling movie myths. One of them was that throwing a burning cigarette on the gasoline would ignite it. Whatever they tried, they could not ignite the gasoline, not even with a cigar. The temperature of a smoldering tobacco is just too low. Goes into the same category as when there is a car crash, the car would explode... as seen in all the American movies. Don't buy American cars!!! To ignite gasoline fumes you need to achieve the air–fuel ratio of about 14.7:1. This is very unlikely to happen in open air environment. The same thing about the cellphone usage. There was some urban myth that using a cellphone in a gas station would cause arcing and cause and explosion. If that was a case, I would be worrying more about killing my brain cells rather than causing an explosion. What about those cell towers everywhere pumping out watts of microwaves everywhere? Anybody can point to a reliable source describing an explosion caused by a running engine, smoking, or using a cell phone while fueling up?

Politicians make everything so complicated. In reality, it's very simple. All Russia has to do is stop the aggression and withdraw it's troops from Ukraine. It all hangs on Putin.

Yeah, especially with all the antennas covering most of the interesting radio spectrum.

I was thinking the same???? Lot's of kinky applications for cling wrap.....

Personally, I think it's extra terrestrials preparing for invasion and sending unmanned probes to test our defenses.