PC Tech Thread

Ah maybe I'll cough up then.

Hell will freeze over before I use a browser. I also store my other secure information in there.

Ah didn't think of that thread. And thanks

I asked the same question recently.

Replies here: https://www.lfgss.com/comments/15825859/

Thanks. Consider this discussion closed here and moves there.

Finally formatted my RAID to exfat from mac os journalled after making a million backups for the past week.

Now it shows up on TB3 in windows but only in the Thunderbolt Control Centre - not in explorer. In Device Manager there's an alert icon and in Properties it tells me:

https://www.google.com/search?q=This+device+cannot+find+enough+free+resources+that+it+can+use.+(Code+12)+If+you+want+to+use+this+device%2C+you+will+need+to+disable+one+of+the+other+devices+on+this+system.+You+need+to+restart+your+computer+before+the+changes+you+made+to+this+device+will+take+effect

Which seems like a conflict between it and the GPU? Which would be a big suck.

Any more for any more?

I'd consider getting an SSD RAID as an upgrade but connected how ? Don't wildly want to ditch my B550 after all this but would consider an X570 and a separate thunderbolt 3 card if that would work and let me keep the current RAID (as I don't envisage getting paid 14 grand by my clients any time soon).

trying to decide whether i should upgrade from ryzen 2300x to a 3600 or not. Ideally I'd want to upgrade my GPU but prices are just nuts at the moment

will i see much a performance bump?

will i see much a performance bump?

1-4 core: some
8+ core: loads

https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Ryzen-5-3600-vs-AMD-Ryzen-3-2300X-Quad-Core/4040vsm586524

that is a great website, particularly enjoy the ship classification system

useful too because i don't feel £170 really justifies a 17% effective speed increase!

Have you tried formatting the raid in Windows ? I had an issue about a year or so ago where drives formatted exfat on mac weren't working in Windows but if done the other way round worked fine.

Can't see it in disk management to be able to format, just device manager where it shows a resource error and thunderbolt control center.

All disk management shows is the nvme and a couple of tiny partitions of it : /

Toying with disabling the 3090 to confirm issue but need to get video out of the motherboard to the monitor first. I've got DP/HDMI ports on it but none seem to want to register out of the box so obviously something I need to set somewhere (thinking bios but have too much work today/tomorrow to look).

Ah, I see. That all sounds like a ball ache. I'd be tempted to try and find an alternative disk management app on Windows to see if that'll find it as a last throw of the dice.

Been pretty happy with my pc for gaming since I put it together but fancy playing Cyberpunk on it after seeing how shit it plays on ps4 so have been looking at GPUs for the 1st time in ages. Already shocked that my near 5 year old 1050 ti is currently the price I bought it for on release. Any advice on what would be an appropriate upgrade?

I want a hdd enclosure I can plug into my router and be accessible from all devices in the house. Will any enclosure do? I dont need a NAS do I?

You just need a USB enclosure. (Edit: yes I should have said 'if your router supports it'). Once plugged into the router it is a NAS.

the 30x series has just come out so the 20x series will be cheaper, a 2080 would see you right for a long time if you play in 1080 or 1440. However you can't actually buy any GPUs at the moment, they're sold out everywhere and will be for an unknown amount of time. You could buy something second hand now but you'll be paying probably double what it is in 12 months time. Best thing is to wait for a bit, if it's an consolation Cyberpunk will only get better with time as the release state was pretty lacklustre.

Depends on your router. Some allow you to plug a USB hard drive in and provide access to it. If that's not the case then you'll need some form of NAS.

Is lightly overclocking the graphics in a middle of the road laptop likely to make any improvement to running Fusion 360?

It's almost always plugged in fwiw, so all I need is it to do a couple of hours of MS Office on the battery.

GPU 0

Intel(R) HD Graphics 520

Driver version: 21.20.16.4627
Driver date:    09/03/2017
DirectX version:    12 (FL 12.1)
Physical location:  PCI bus 0, device 2, function 0

Utilisation 2%
Dedicated GPU memory    
Shared GPU memory   0.2/5.9 GB
GPU Memory  0.2/5.9 GB

GPU 1

AMD Radeon(TM) R7 M360

Driver version: 15.201.1001.1002
Driver date:    14/08/2015
DirectX version:    12 (FL 11.1)
Physical location:  PCI bus 1, device 0, function 0

Utilisation 0%
Dedicated GPU memory    0.0/2.0 GB
Shared GPU memory   0.0/5.9 GB
GPU Memory  0.0/7.9 GB

thanks @chez_jay

@aggi it's a BT homehub - it has a USB slot so i'm hoping it works!

Nice one, yeah I only have a 1080p monitor so that sounds good. And yeah I'm happy to bide my time re Cyberpunk

Sooo, it's probably new PC time soon. Use case is 99% web browsing/streaming, absolutely no games, but needs some processing power for days when I'm playing Fusion 360. Obviously anything new is going to be a substantial upgrade on the current rig:

i5-3340, 6GB RAM, 1TB spinning magnetic disc with C: and D: partitions, 1080p 27" monitor

but if I feel like going all in, is there anything obviously wrong or out of balance with this:

HDPlex H5 fanless case/PSU
Asrock Z590 Phantom Gaming itx motherboard
Intel i7-11700T
Samsung 250GB SSD 980 Pro drive C:
Samsung 500GB SSD 970 Evo Plus drive D:
Crucial Ballistix 16GB/3200MHz RAM ×2
Some sort of flat 4K 16:9 monitor, maybe Samsung UJ59 32"

Just to cut off some obvious queries:
Case is bigger than necessary (or the motherboard is smaller than necessary), but it fits in with the rest of the HiFi and I haven't completely discounted the idea milling a slot in the front panel and sliding a ProJect PreBox S2 Digital into the void
Motherboard is OTT, but I'm prepared to pay the extra just to get built in Toslink rather than having a USB-Optical converter cluttering up my desk.
I don't need more storage, currently using about 60GB on C: (will still be <100GB with the bigger hiberfil.sys) and 150GB on D: including a bunch of crap and duplicate files
T suffix on the CPU because 99% of the time I'm going to be using very little processing power, so the low energy makes sense, i.e. the lower electricity bills will probably cover any premium over a full speed i5 for the same overall performance level.

Imo if you want can get an m2 ssd compatible mobo, it's useful for a case that size. Not that expensive either tbh

The mobo has two M2 slots, I assumed it was implicit that both ssds would be M2 form factor.

Why two SSDs? Also you need a PSU.

I've been bitten twice recently with what should have been minor OS updates with Apple. I'm also fed up with full speed fans during basic web rendering!

So, I'm coming back to PC after a prolonged absence. I went Apple simply because I kept breaking my PC and weekly re-installs got a bit too much. I was a inherent tinkerer heavily involved in the OS modding scene. If you have every heard of the TinyXP, Tiny2003 etc or Retestrak.NL which I ran as a insomnia driven teenager, you'll know ;). We're talking 60mb XP ISOs and 200MB installs... bare functioning basics for gaming or in my case lack of system resources!

I've got what consider to be a nice desk setup at home - something I've purchased gradually over the last year WFH. Monitor arm is on the way and a new desk is planned. Probably wall battened. I'm over the wobble.

So, what do I need? A laptop. A desktop is overkill for me. As is a desktop replacement. I need something that's 13 inch. The 15in Macbook pro I'm typing this on I can barely see the TV over the top of when on the sofa. Something that I can also lug up to London and back on the train if I ever return to the office.

I've had a Razer Stealth 13 in my sights for a couple of months. And the price keeps dropping.
It has everything I want:
Latest 11th gen tigerlake
Nice screen - OLED HD
Dedicated graphics
It started at £1,799.99 when added to my watch list, dropped to £1377 and now is £1,221.39!
It's mislabelled as a 4K, but if it is indeed the OLED HD Tigerlake laptop's surely a relative 'bargain'? I can't find another less that £1600.

What am I missing. Anything else with this spec and chassis quality at this price?

https://www.razer.com/gb-en/gaming-laptops/Razer-Blade-Stealth-13/RZ09-03272W82-R3W1

Friend has one. Very nice build quality. Almost tempted to get one myself at that cost. But where are you buying? Razer site days 2099 for me.