Recent content by bliq

Aside from the extra RAM, does the new Pi4 have better virtualization support? I tried using a Pi3 as an openstack compute node and it turns out that extensive modification would have been necessary to get it to work.

in fact, I picked up a I5-9400F for that same additional $15. I didn't even consider the i3-8350k...

for that $900, you could buy a Dell 7577 Laptop with a better video card (GTX1060).

Of the 1TB drive you have everything on, how much of that is free, how much is media, and how much is the OS and programs. 120GB might be enough in a couple cases- one, you do most of your computer work using cloud based solutions, like google docs, hulu, picasa, gmail etc. two, you don't...

I actually am an engineer. Don't do it. Trust me.

if you're willing to hack up the case to fit in a full size ATX motherboard, what's a little more to be able to add a SFX PSU? What you'd want to do is probably relocate the PSU to the front by putting some metal bracing up there and cutting holes for the screws and the exhaust fan. Just put a...

I'm thinking what you want to do is not possible, but I also don't understand the use case. Why do you need the PC to act as two separate PCs? To play two different sessions of the same game at the same time? That probably won't work with the low powered gear you have. That might be...

nope. All I'm saying is if you are strapped for cash, the GTX1050 should give you a nice bump up in performance. the A8 is not as good as the i5 in your laptop but if the game is limited by GPU, then you'll at least gain performance by using a discrete GTX1050 vs the integrated GPU of the A8...

Ryzen doesn't have a GPU built in. if you add the GTX1050 or RX460, i'm almost 100% certain it will fare better than the 820M in your laptop unless the game is CPU limited. I *think* the GTX1050 doesn't need a PCI-E power connector (at least some dont), so you could get away with adding that...

XP1600+ is 62.8W TDP, while Celeron is 73W TDP. but actual usage depends on load.