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My super fast new pc from pcspecialist has just arrived (subject of extensive dithering in this thread over last few months) . Excitement undermined by having tested positive for covid this morning so am confined to bedroom and unable to actually connect it to a monitor. But sure it'll be great when I can.
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I've used this in the past
http://dimio.altervista.org/eng/dsynchronize/dsynchronize.html
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Would not buy.
It's a nice machine, good components.
But the motherboard. The motherboard is a generic from Lenovo and whilst packaged nicely it really doesn't offer much in the way of expansion in the future. A solitary USB-C which may not be Thunderbolt, a solitary PCIE... if this machine fits your requirement now and for always, then great... but my mistake in buying a HP Omen (it was a whim purchase, I don't regret it for how I bought it) has ultimately come down to the lack of expansion capability... I cannot even take the USB-C dock that I use on the Mac or Thinkpad and plug it into the HP Omen due to the lack of full support for Thunderbolt, etc.
For me... I'd rather compromise the amount of RAM, the disk, etc... in favour of a system with a good motherboard and great CPU and pretty good GPU. A good motherboard is the longevity and usefulness of the machine IMHO.
I should qualify this... I am actually really happy with my HP Omen. I just have buyers regret that I didn't spend more time researching and think more about the motherboard and the details of that.
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I get you but this will be purely used as a sim rig. With the exception of adding another M.2 drive (motherboard has three slots apparently) or a SATA SSD, I'll be leaving it alone.
Cost of CPU, GPU, RAM & SSD is roughly £2,150 without motherboard, case, cooler, build etc so it's £200 for all of that to be included with a warranty.
Feels like a solid deal.
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With that context... bargain. Buy it already :D
I generally don't have a clear purpose for the lifetime of a machine, with the exception of a NAS or something... and regretted having my future options for the machine I got narrowed by the motherboard.
But as you have a clear purpose... do it already :)
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For this particular machine, it's available at curry's and I get 8% off through our work benefits scheme.
We also do a computer purchase programme through salary sacrifice but that's really only for more standard things like MacBooks etc. Again, it's a company specific benefit. Nothing govt related etc.
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I'll take a look, thank you.
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If I wanted to buy a displayport cable, today, in North/East London, any suggestions?
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Tempted to troll the Audiophile thread
The audiophile thread knows perfectly well that if the FIFO buffer in front of the DAC doesn't run empty, the digital job is done, and they are currently taking the piss out of people who buy $5k analogue devices
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Would appreciate some tips on this, I've tried Googling and can't distinguish between advertorials and genuine recommendations.
I have two external hard drives filled with TV shows and films, I'd like to back them both up to a third external drive.
As I watch things I delete them from the drive.
What would be the best software so that, say, once a quarter I could mirror the current contents of the two drives - adding new things and removing those I have watched and deleted.
I'm using Windows 10. Thanks!