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*** Jaw hits floor ***  That's been the go-to socket for standard consumer PCs for a decade. I guess the consumer PC is actually dying.
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Not it hasn't. Various[^] LGA[^] 115x[^] sockets[^] have been used for about a decade, but they've previously changed it out every two years with the new architecture.
This may be the first time Intel's done it without changing architecture; but as a 3 generation socket LGA1151 has already lasted longer than any of its predecessors.
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Yeah, I was also going to suggest hunting a motherboard down on eBay. I recently upgraded from an LGA775 system with a Core 2 Extreme QX9650 CPU. I thought it was still quite usable, but I needed a system with Hyper-V capability, so I had to move on.
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I don't know if you are fully set on the case being a Full Tower, but I recently made a new build for which I spent a long time comparing cases on the web and in the stores. I did look at that Thermaltake case you link to, but the Full Tower chassis are just too big for my taste and needs. It does have a little brother, but I checked it out in a store and it just didn't do it for me.
I finally decided on going with the Cooler Master HAF XB EVO (RC-902XB-KKN2)[^] and I am overly satisfied with that choice. It is a very handy case if you need to move it around fairly often (as I do) and you have great access when tinkering with components.
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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That's a neat little tower. I can see where it would be a benefit where excessive size would be an issue. I, however, need all those extra internal drive bays <maniacal laugh="">.
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Why raid 0 the ssd's? Please don't say for performance!
Also double check your PSU has the right CPU power connectors for these new mobo's. It probably does have them but worth checking first.
Oh and 4 years is a massive amount of time for a socket, doubt 2066 will last much longer!
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After a lengthy battle between the inner-nerd and the frugal-gotta-pay-bills part of me, I settled on a single M.2 hard drive for the C: drive. I am going to raid a couple of SSDs and POSDs to get better performance out of them. It helped that a single M.2 drive on the PCI-E lanes has a nearly 40% read time improvement over two SSDs in a Raid 0 array.
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Foothill wrote: Had the motherboard and processor since January of 2014 so it's not like I didn't get my money's worth out of them
Expectations seem to be rather low, these days.
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They don't make them as good as they used to, at least in the consumer sphere. The motherboard before this one died a fiery death when a SATA cable developed a short and shot sparks and flames out of the case. With the current motherboard, I had to send the first one I received back as it was DOA. I was pleased to get almost 3 1/2 years out of it considering the complaints that were pilling up on Newegg about it after I bought it.
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Alas, the new Quality Control Paradigm.
It's cheaper to ship everything, let the consumer be the QC, and replace the item if it fails.
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You're preaching to the choir on that one, brother.
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3.5 years is still rather poor endurance; even if it is just long enough for the supply of new parts to be heavily depleted. OTOH at that age I'd be tempted to hit up fleabay for a used replacement to get another year or 3 out of the system.
Both Intel and AMD are finally launching chips that can scale both wide (lots of threads) or tall (a few really fast ones) depending on the workload. OTOH these're first generation efforts on both ends; and driver/compatibility fun is affecting both platforms to the extent that I'd just as soon wait 6 months or a year for all involved to sort out their messes.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Dan Neely wrote: at that age I'd be tempted to hit up fleabay for a used replacement to get another year or 3 out of the system
I thought about that. After I restore the funds depleted with this little endeavor, I might just replace the motherboard with one from ebay and build a secondary system (assuming that the processor is still good).
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Remote log in kinds, over the net cams.
I have been taking a look and there are a lot, a heck of a lot, available, does anyone have any recommendations, and why?
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Is it battery or mains powered? I need mains, since I need it to work for months at a time. Other than that it looks good but it doesnt do audio. Some for that price do.
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Now that IS interesting. I guess it can record video from the IP address of the camera. I'll definitely be looking at that, it might save a subscription.
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I've seen various articles before of how to use a Raspberry pi to do that. If you are a DIY person, that may be more interest to you, and probably cheaper.
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There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Before purchasing any of them make sure you do the "Has this camera appeared in a security related news article" check.
Some of the major brands have been known to have hardcoded unchangeable passwords and very lax security, looking at you Foscam.
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The one I have at the top of the list has access through a web page (the vendors) and an account, so looks secure.
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