Any PC Builders Out There?

Spent several hours yesterday, and I finally have it up and running properly. Someone noted there was something (code) screwed up in my Mint 19.1 build. They asked if I had inserted a patch. Although I don't remember doing it, I probably tried to upload some code from AMD to get it to recognize my video card. It didn't work.

I used to have to plug one of the HDMI cables into the MOBO port to see anything displayed on just one monitor. I also had to force a shut down, then restart so I could select loading the previous version of Mint in "protected mode."

I asked if upgrading to 20.X would help, and someone commented that it wouldn't hurt, so I created a bootable memory stick with 20.X, then uploaded it to the Linux SSD drive. I selected to erase the previous version before loading the new one. Boom! It now works! Both monitors are supported with my video card! It boots up, and shuts down like "normal." The only thing I haven't been able to do is upload & run a copy of Thunderbird. I've uploaded it, but can't get it to run. Reading through the message boards, it appears the current version isn't supported (yet).

Got to say I'm glad I mentioned it here on this message board. That gave me enough of a nudge to work on the fix again. I can now build a dedicated Linux machine without worrying if it will work.

Thanks!

 

Big warning on any monitor with a 32:9 screen. A lot of games are not extending the POV across the screen. Instead, when set to the monitor resolution, a lot of games that render the screen at 21:9 and chop off a good amount of the top and bottom of the screen. In effect, it looks okay but you actually loose FOV over a 21:9 or standard 16:9. I think manufacturers, both Samsung and LG, hoped they'd get more correct FOV support as time went on but these monitors have been out for years now and still common games render with poorer FOV with Super Ultrawide over standard Ultrawide or Widescreen resolutions.

 

Desktop
CPU: AMD RYZEN 5 3600 6-Core 3.6 GHz (4.2 GHz Max Boost) Socket AM4 65W
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler, 4 CDC Heatpipes, 120mm PWM Fan
Motherboard: MSI PRO B450M PRO-VDH MAX AM4 AMD B450 SATA 6Gb/s Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
Memory: 2X Crucial Ballistix 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600)
Storage:

$108 Samsung 860 EVO 500GB 2.5" SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-76E500B/AM)

Samsung 860 EVO 500GB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-76E500B/AM)
Storage:

$125 Seagate (ST2000LX001) FireCuda 2TB Solid State Hybrid Drive Performance SSHD – 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Flash Accelerated for Gaming PC Laptop

Seagate (ST2000LX001) FireCuda 2TB Solid State Hybrid Drive Performance SSHD – 2.5 Inch SATA 6Gb/s
Storage:

Western Digital Caviar Green 2 TB Desktop Hard Drive (WD20EARS) (Old Model)

Western Digital Caviar Green 2 TB Desktop Hard Drive (WD20EARS) - purchased in 2011
Optical:

$98 ASUS BW-16D1HT - ultra-fast 16X Blu-ray burner with M-DISC support, black

ASUS BW-16D1HT - ultra-fast 16X Blu-ray burner with M-DISC support
Optical: Plextor DVD Burner - purchased in 2006ish
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 DirectX 12 GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G 6GB 192-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready ATX Video Card
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro TG PH-ES614PTG_BK Integrated RGB lighting Tempered Glass Side Panel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Black
Power Supply: RAIDMAX Vortex 735W ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V SLI Ready Crossfire Ready 80 Plus Bronze Certified Semi-Modular Power Supply (735W)
Operating System: Windows 10 Home (64bit)
Wireless Network Adapter: N/A
Case Fan: Front - 1 x 140mm Fan (Phanteks)
Case Fan: Rear - 1 x 140mm Fan (Phanteks)
Monitor: HP 24"
Monitor: Dell 24"
Keyboard:

IOGEAR Kaliber HVER RGB Aluminum Gaming Keyboard, GKB704RGB

IOGEAR Kaliber HVER RGB Aluminum Gaming Keyboard, GKB704RGB
Mouse:

$147 Logitech MX Master Wireless Mouse – High-precision Sensor, Speed-adaptive Scroll Wheel, Thumb Scroll Wheel, Easy-Switch up to 3 Devices

Logitech MX Master Wireless Mouse
Other:

$27 I/O Crest 4 Port SATA III PCI-e 2.0 x1 Controller Card Marvell 9215 Non-Raid with Low Profile Bracket SI-PEX40064

I/O Crest 4 Port SATA III PCI-e 2.0 x1 Controller Card Marvell 9215 Non-Raid with Low Profile Bracket SI-PEX40064
External Multi-Bay Storage:

Mediasonic ProBox HF2-SU3S2 4 Bay 3.5” SATA HDD Enclosure – USB 3.0 & eSATA Support SATA 3 6.0Gbps HDD transfer speed

Mediasonic ProBox HF2-SU3S2 4 Bay 3.5” SATA HDD Enclosure – USB 3.0 & eSATA Support SATA 3 6.0Gbps HDD transfer speed

Network
Modem:

$100 NETGEAR Cable Modem DOCSIS 3.0 (CM700-1AZNAS) Compatible with All Major Cable Providers Including Xfinity, Spectrum, Cox, For Cable Plans Up to 800 Mbps

NETGEAR Cable Modem CM700
Router:

$150 Synology RT2600ac – 4x4 dual-band Gigabit Wi-Fi router, MU-MIMO, powerful parental controls, Threat Prevention, bandwidth management, VPN, expandable coverage with mesh Wi-Fi

Synology RT2600ac – 4x4 dual-band Gigabit Wi-Fi router
NAS:

$590 Synology 2 bay NAS DiskStation DS220+ (Diskless),Black

Synology 2 Bay NAS DiskStation DS220+
NAS Storage: 2X

Seagate IronWolf 4TB NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD – CMR 3.5" SATA 6Gb/s 5900 RPM 64MB Cache for RAID Network Attached Storage – Frustration Free Packaging (ST4000VNZ08)

Seagate IronWolf 4TB NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD – CMR 3.5 Inch SATA 6Gb/s 5900 RPM 64MB Cache for RAID Network Attached Storage

On the Go
Laptop: Inspiron 17 5000 Series (Model 5759) - 2016
CPU: 6th Generation Intel Core i7-6 500U (4MB Cache, up to 3.10 GHz)
Memory: 16GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600MHz (8GBx2)
Built-in Video Card: Intel(R) HD Graphics 520
Dedicated Video Card: AMD Radeon R5 M335 4GB DDR3
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E500B/AM)
Operating System: Windows 10 Home (64bit)
On-board Keyboard: Backlit Keyboard
On-board Monitor: 17.3 inch LED Backlit Touch Display
Mouse:

$298 Logitech Performance MX Mouse

Logitech Performance Mouse MX - purchased in 2010
Docking Station:

$90 Plugable USB 3.0 Universal Laptop Docking Station Dual HDMI Monitor for Windows and Mac, USB 3.0 or USB-C, (Dual Video: HDMI and HDMI/DVI/VGA, Gigabit Ethernet, Audio, 6 USB Ports)

Plugable USB 3.0 Universal Laptop Docking Station Dual Monitor for Windows (Dual Video: HDMI and DVI/VGA/HDMI, Gigabit Ethernet, Audio, 6 USB Ports)
Cooling:

ThermaPAK Laptop Cooling Heatshift Pad

17 inch ThermaPAK Laptop Cooling Heatshift Pad

 

I heard about the 30 series cards, shady stuff. Seems Amazon does similar with price matching. Every time best buy has sales on movies, amazon matches. After enough matching, best buy goes under and amazon no longer needs to match anyone. I've been buying a ton of movies so been watching the sales.

Been buying used ones off ebay, in the bins at FYE, 2nd and Charles, and buying new as well. I'm building up my plex server which runs on a qnap, and now different issue is rearing its ugly head. It's about 75% full and rising rapidly. I figured with 6x12TB drives in RAID6 it would take me awhile to fill, but my credit card is telling me I've been buying too much

Plans are to use a rosewill rsv-l4412 and 12x12TB drives. Nice thing is it uses standard ATX parts so I can build a system in there that just has a ton of drives in with it. Hopefully I can build it with tax refund money (if I actually get a refund)

 

I haven't had much of a great experience with AMD GPUs with Linux either.

 

Kind of funny cause Ive been downsizing my server. Well storage space is slightly higher but actual content on it is lower. Went through and got rid of a bunch of movies and only keeping ones Im actually likely to watch.

Are you going to try to find a mothebroard with 12 SATA ports?
What OS are you planning to use?

 

Hey fellas,

I'm thinking of picking up a VR headset. I have the hardware to back it up but I am between the Oculus Rift S or the Quest 2.

I know the Quest 2 is more of a standalone device but they have the Link cable to plug.

The Rift S is meant to be plugged in which is more of what I'm looking for and has better game support.

Any thoughts?

 

The 3060 ti looks really good for $399

 

Good Luck finding one... :/

 

It's basically the 2080 Super with better RT cores. Clearly aimed at the 6800 cards since it does DLSS 2.0 and, thus, ray tracing better than AMDs offerings at higher prices.

Hey, don't be negative. The scalpers need their sales to buy Christmas gifts.

 

I bought a 2070 super recently. Looked it up on Ebay and it is selling for 200 more than I paid for it. May see if I can get a 3060ti and sell the 2070 super and walk away with an extra 150 bucks.

 

Someone posted a 5800X if you're willing to go $100+ over MSRP...
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/amd-ryzen-7-5800x.697059/

 

This is right in my wheelhouse for my gpu budget and it’s performance will be more than enough for me since I still have an rx580

 

Sorry for late reply. No I don't think I've ever seen a mobo with that many SATA ports. I was looking at an x570 with 6-8 ports, and I have an LSI 9300-8i to cover the rest. Still undecided on OS, but was thinking FreeNAS or TrueNAS or whatever they call it nowadays. As long as it will run Plex Media Server and has support for Quadro GPUs with good software RAID options, I'll be open to trying it.

Problem for me is I have so many family and friends using it, most have different tastes. Some want horror, others want romance, and yet others want westerns, etc... so I have some of everything in there.

Off topic, but funny story. I was uploading a bunch of movies I had ripped that my family had given to me. One of them was called The Invader, or The Invasion, or something like that. When I was uploading, I noticed in my recent uploads a cover of some busty asian. The movie was called The 33D Invaders or something similar. I was like "did someone give me a porno to upload?" Looked it up, and sure enough the movie it matched to looked like some sort of soft core movie from Thailand or somewhere. I quickly fixed that matching error. Couldve been some awkward questions if that hadn't gotten fixed...

 

New monitor arrived, just still need a stupid cpu...

 

Not a bad route... I also have the 2070 Super and I'm really impressed with it. Keep in mind, I upgraded from 1060 3gb lol

 

are you trying to get zen3 like everyone else?

 

Gone are the days of motherboards with 12+ SATA ports. I remember some of the boards with 12+. Even had a couple with 20+ lol.

The LSI HBA's are great though! I have the older brother (PCI 2.0 8x) still going. (though the cache drive is direct SATA)

Im still a big proponent of Unraid for media servers. FreeNAS/TrueNAS is great too though. I just like Unraid since its not a "true" raid like most people think. But still offers parity protection. I just like how it operates disk and pool wise in a media server setting (plus you can do dockers so support for pretty much everything). FreeNAS is still awesome though! Ive set up quite a few setups with it. You can get some incredible speeds out of it if you have the right hardware

 

Same with my ryzen 5 3600. It was $169 earlier this year when I got my pc and now it’s $339