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    Question Advice on building AMD or Intel home server

    So here is an AMD example but ITX CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor CPU Cooler: Vetroo V5 52 CFM CPU Cooler Motherboard: https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-b550m-ds3h-ac/p/N82E16813145250?quicklink=true - GIGABYTE B550M DS3H AC AM4 AMD B550 SATA 6Gb/s Micro ATX AMD Motherboard...
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    Question Advice on building AMD or Intel home server

    Approximate Purchase Date: 3 weeks Budget Range: $800-$1200 System Usage from Most to Least Important: learning testing things setting up file server needs to be quiet machine needs storage Minimalist on build Might use for perforce or devops lab. Form Factor: mATX or mITX Are you buying a...
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    [SOLVED] Advice on building a home server

    Approximate Purchase Date: 6 weeks Budget Range: $500-$1000 System Usage from Most to Least Important: learning testing things setting up file server needs to be quiet machine needs storage Minimalist on build Might use for perforce or devops lab. Are you buying a monitor: Yes / No No Do...
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    [SOLVED] Ways to approach backups

    Yea, I did look out cloud storage today. pcloud and icedrive. Also will move some important stuff to onedrive and google drive to reduce churn. The 6TB WD gold should hold me over till SSD's have enough storage to become the norm. Probably will sell my WD black 5tb, maybe get another wd gold...
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    [SOLVED] Ways to approach backups

    Had an SSD failure recently (samsung 970 evo 2TB). Lost all data on SSD, but had a 2TB drive and was able to save that data. I have a WD Gold 6TB and a WD black 5TB. Was thinking about it and question is: What ways can I approach backing up data to external HDD? Should it be NAS? (looked into...
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    Question Case fan recommendations

    Actually no it wouldn't at all help to know what every single piece of hardware is...your post totally misses the point and honestly you don't need that much granularity to make a recommendation, like if you have to know that every time then forget about the build altogether.
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    Question Case fan recommendations

    Was looking into case fans. Wanted some recommendations on case fans that had high airflow but also were quiet. I do have a fan listed for top of case but not sure if I should only focus on Front / Rear? Or if there is any benefit to placing fans on the side/top. How many: 4-5 fans Where are...
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    Question Case fan recommendations

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    Question pairing and Ryzen 3 or core I3 with a 2080 / RX 6700 xt

    I see mention of 3300X but I can't find that anywhere. Not sure if 3200G is much improvement over 2200G For i3 was looking at: 10100F Obviously it begs the question if you are buying those, why just not buy a low grade i5.
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    Question pairing and Ryzen 3 or core I3 with a 2080 / RX 6700 xt

    curious would this be a bad paring for these cards? a Ryzen 3 or i3? I know i5 or Ryzen 5 would work out just curious with these low enders.
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    [SOLVED] Advice for $500-$1000 build

    :rolleyes:
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    [SOLVED] Advice for $500-$1000 build

    Approximate Purchase Date: 3 weeks Budget Range: $500-$1000 System Usage from Most to Least Important: using for 3d modeling needs to be quiet machine needs SSD Minimalist on build some gaming Are you buying a monitor: Yes / No Yes Do you need to buy OS: Yes / No Yes, win10 pro Preferred...