Yeah I've priced out similar builds without the drives or RAID card but with a quad core hyperthreaded xeon for $500...
I have a few friends who want me to move in with them in Canada. I'd be their editor for their channels.
I declined because I couldn't buy pc stuff as cheaply.
So for some reason I thought it would be a good idea to jpeg music. It sounds awful and the file size is above FLAC even at [URL="https://helifreak.duckdns.org/files/06%20-%20crouka%20-%20Hiraeth%20%28feat.%20Selphius%29%20test%20jpeg.mp3"]90% quality[/URL], 60% is mostly static and gives you cancer if there's any bass.
Why did I try this. Also, MP3 completely ruins your pictures, it's not a good replacement for jpg unless you like everything turning yellow and green.
[QUOTE=Brt5470;50931801]I have a few friends who want me to move in with them in Canada. I'd be their editor for their channels.
I declined because I couldn't buy pc stuff as cheaply.[/QUOTE]
Do what me and my buddies do and have a PO box just across the border. I got at least two different addresses I can mail shit to in Seattle.
[QUOTE=benjgvps;50931646]Correct, the backplane uses two molex connectors to power the 8 bays.
Eh, I was on the fence about it. I read a few articles and it seemed like the ECC + FreeNAS thing is pretty overblown. Non ECC was like $67 and the ECC started at $109 for 16GB. I was already in the territory of "Fuck this is a lot of money" so I started cutting corners. ECC was the first to go.[/QUOTE]
are you looking at new? if you are you're wasting a lot of money, plenty of decommed equipment on ebay that has years and years of life left
[QUOTE=PollytheParrot;50931888]are you looking at new? if you are you're wasting a lot of money, plenty of decommed equipment on ebay that has years and years of life left[/QUOTE]
While I agree with you, the Canadian used market is absolute trash.
[editline]22nd August 2016[/editline]
Most of the real cheap shit is loud ass servers which obviously aren't usable in every situation.
[QUOTE=Levelog;50931917]While I agree with you, the Canadian used market is absolute trash.
[editline]22nd August 2016[/editline]
Most of the real cheap shit is loud ass servers which obviously aren't usable in every situation.[/QUOTE]
while yes you can get some servers for cheap I was talking about ram dimms, which if its loud, you have a pretty large problem I'd say
[QUOTE=Ezhik;50930286]i'm like 2 miles south of you right now wtf[/QUOTE]
Don't you go to DeAnza actually? All the college students around Cupertino suck at driving. Also Apple signs everywhere. Also the new Apple Campus is FUCKING HUGE.
[QUOTE=benjgvps;50931722][img]http://i.imgur.com/29Mcxrw.gif[/img]
I don't even want to try building it on an american site. I wouldn't be fucking surprised if it's under $1000. I remember when our dollar was at par. Good times...[/QUOTE]
Pretty much why when I end up in the process of building a desktop, I know that the prices are going to be terrible
What your RAM doesn't have 2 deltas strapped to it?
[QUOTE=wingless;50931949]Don't you go to DeAnza actually? All the college students around Cupertino suck at driving. Also Apple signs everywhere. Also the new Apple Campus is FUCKING HUGE.[/QUOTE]
yeah, i'm at de anza
the drivers fucking suck the moment you cross on campus, already got hit by a car once.
[editline]22nd August 2016[/editline]
[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;50931969]So what you doing in America this time Wingar?[/QUOTE]
hot chips conference i assume, saw it's going on in cupertino while reading about hololens stuff
Why is it that almost every laptop's HDMI output is 1.4 and not 2.0? I guess no one wants to output 4K at 60Hz off their laptops.
All this talk about linux reminds me of when i installed ubuntu for the first time. Tried to install winrar, didn't know the commands, asked my friend and he said it's easy just mount the files and proceeded to tell me 30-40 steps to do it.
Uninstalled Ubuntu, went into windows 7
Installed winrar to rid myself of the experience.
I remember when I ran linux but I hated how I had to use a password to do most shit or access various folders.
So I chown'd everything and triggered a permissions clusterfuck that basically broke the install.
[QUOTE=pentium;50932512]I remember when I ran linux but I hated how I had to use a password to do most shit or access various folders.
So I chown'd everything and triggered a permissions clusterfuck that basically broke the install.[/QUOTE]
That's why you just log in as root!
[QUOTE=PollytheParrot;50931888]are you looking at new? if you are you're wasting a lot of money, plenty of decommed equipment on ebay that has years and years of life left[/QUOTE]
I wanted something quiet and low power. There's a Dell MD1200 at work that wasn't in use and I was considering making an offer for it... Then I plugged it in and heard the noise. I want to keep my server stuff relatively quiet in case I end up moving somewhere that forces me to put it all in a living space rather than the basement.
[QUOTE=pentium;50932512]I remember when I ran linux but I hated how I had to use a password to do most shit or access various folders.
So I chown'd everything and triggered a permissions clusterfuck that basically broke the install.[/QUOTE]
pretty sure passwordless sudo is a thing :)
[QUOTE=TheDestroyerOfall;50932495]All this talk about linux reminds me of when i installed ubuntu for the first time. Tried to install winrar, didn't know the commands, asked my friend and he said it's easy just mount the files and proceeded to tell me 30-40 steps to do it.
Uninstalled Ubuntu, went into windows 7
Installed winrar to rid myself of the experience.[/QUOTE]
or 7zip
But yea, I hope ReFS becomes more supported. I'd like to use a firstparty thing so I'm on windows.
[QUOTE=TheDestroyerOfall;50932495]All this talk about linux reminds me of when i installed ubuntu for the first time. Tried to install winrar, didn't know the commands, asked my friend and he said it's easy just mount the files and proceeded to tell me 30-40 steps to do it.
Uninstalled Ubuntu, went into windows 7
Installed winrar to rid myself of the experience.[/QUOTE]
apt-get install unzip
unzip ./Downloads/filename
Your friend is an idiot.
(This is all assuming it was a normal compressed directory and not something stupid)
[QUOTE=Levelog;50932677]apt-get install unzip
unzip ./Downloads/filename
Your friend is an idiot.
(This is all assuming it was a normal compressed directory and not something stupid)[/QUOTE]
-xvzf is your friend
[QUOTE=LordCrypto;50932683]-xvzf is your friend[/QUOTE]
That too.
also apt-get install rar for context menu rar support
Like for normal stuff Linux is far easier to install shit on than any other OS. You just have to type the name.
Oh hey I'm like 30 minutes from cupertino
Anyone else ever felt like building a rig from the past that you really wanted but couldn't afford to build?
I recently found an old Asus Maxiums Extreme motherboard and I thought I can totally use it build a rig I always wanted back in ~2006. The motherboard is a bit newer than the parts I wanted, but I don't think it matters too much.
So far I ordered the top of the line CPU and GPU I really wanted back then:
[t]http://i.imgur.com/MYGT0ra.png[/t]
And I also dug up a pair of 2x2GB OCZ Reaper DDR2 1066 memory I already used in a later build. The RAM is also newer than my target parts age, but it also didn't really matter because I knew anything with 2-4GB of RAM was godly. I also only cared about capacity back then, and not speed or brand.
I would've flipped out if I knew a C2E and 8800 GTX would cost about $50 back then :v:
[QUOTE=B!N4RY;50932773]Anyone else ever felt like building a rig from the past that you really wanted but couldn't afford to build?
I recently found an old Asus Maxiums Extreme motherboard and I thought I can totally use it build a rig I always wanted back in ~2006. The motherboard is a bit newer than the parts I wanted, but I don't think it matters too much.
So far I ordered the top of the line CPU and GPU I really wanted back then:
[t]http://i.imgur.com/MYGT0ra.png[/t]
And I also dug up a pair of 2x2GB OCZ Reaper DDR2 1066 memory I already used in a later build. The RAM is also newer than my target parts age, but it also didn't really matter because I knew anything with 2-4GB of RAM was godly back then.
I would've flipped out if I knew a C2E and 8800 GTX would cost about $50 back then :v:[/QUOTE]
At some point I still plan on pulling the dual core Core2Extreme out of my iMac and doing a similar build. I decided my XFX GTX 285 was too new for it though.
[QUOTE=Levelog;50932787]At some point I still plan on pulling the dual core Core2Extreme out of my iMac and doing a similar build. I decided my XFX GTX 285 was too new for it though.[/QUOTE]
Just buy a $25 8800 GTX from ebay and you're set. With that pricetag, there really isn't much to consider :v:
[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;50932779]Maybe you can run Crysis at 1280x720.
On low.
At 25 FPS :smug:.
[sp]It will probably run a lot better since retail patch was unoptimized af[/sp][/QUOTE]
u wot m8? i can run crysis on medium settings with a 8800 gtx at 25fps
[t]http://www.hardocp.com/images/articles/1206830929BxvSy8vP84_3_5_l.gif[/t]
[url]http://www.monoprice.com/product?c_id=113&cp_id=11307&cs_id=1130703&p_id=11441&seq=1&format=2[/url]
Please tell me this is a bad idea. If I get a job very quickly when I move to Denver here at the end of the month I'm going to have so much money to blow on stupid shit and this may be one of them.
I'd personally recommend a korean 27" 1440P monitor instead. They're significantly cheaper and are much better supported.
[QUOTE=Levelog;50932677]apt-get install unzip
unzip ./Downloads/filename
Your friend is an idiot.
(This is all assuming it was a normal compressed directory and not something stupid)[/QUOTE]
Im pretty sure he was an idiot. he got expelled for literally putting a kid who "annoyed him" in the hospital for a dumb joke. He's one of the people i can truly say i actually hate, especially since he was spinning it like the kid deserved it, but he was new to the school and trying to fit it.
It was back in 2008 so i wasn't a member of facepunch yet and im still not sure i want to go onto linux for any reason, simply put i really don't have a good reason to.
I feel bad and decrepit when it comes to newer technology these days. In the past things were more technical in the way that it was done, and i have a lot of misconceptions about newer technology now. So sorry guys, when i'm adamant about something being correct i don't really [I]mean[/I] to sound stupid but i probably do.
[editline]23rd August 2016[/editline]
[QUOTE=Levelog;50932870][url]http://www.monoprice.com/product?c_id=113&cp_id=11307&cs_id=1130703&p_id=11441&seq=1&format=2[/url]
Please tell me this is a bad idea. If I get a job very quickly when I move to Denver here at the end of the month I'm going to have so much money to blow on stupid shit and this may be one of them.[/QUOTE]
to be honest i would go with a 4k screen at that price and size. My asus is literally the best monitor i've ever had, but it takes a lot to drive games. i usually put it on 1080p because this monitor scales so well but 1440p does as well.
speaking of which this guy doesn't understand it takes more power to push 1080p at 144hz than 1440p at 60 hz and attributes literally everything to a bottleneck everywhere
[video=youtube;fyeDfdXHDlI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyeDfdXHDlI[/video]
The literal only place the bottleneck is, is the resolution he uses.
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