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- Fri Aug 20, 2021 9:36 pm
- Forum: b-games
- Topic: Cost of building the site.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 180294
Re: Cost of building the site.
Bearing in mind this is a public portion of the forum, can you post an update on expenses so far vs donations? I know there's been a ton of server upgrades needing to happen and paying for development and stuff, so I figured it was a good time to see where you're at as far needing donations, etc.
- Sat Jul 10, 2021 11:50 am
- Forum: b-games
- Topic: Volunteers to help run and maintain the site
- Replies: 22
- Views: 32101
Re: Volunteers to help run and maintain the site
Might be worth redacting your email @kiska unless it's one you're not concerned about. This is a public section of the message board so you might get web crawlers grabbing your email for spam purposes.
- Sat Jun 19, 2021 2:41 pm
- Forum: The Camp Fire
- Topic: My new (to me) Plex Media Server build
- Replies: 9
- Views: 20467
Re: My new (to me) Plex Media Server build
Could always add something like this to get extra air blowing on the power delivery :lol: computer-fan.jpg It looks like a pretty sweet build, though, and I would imagine chews through Plex transcode workloads really well. I would maybe try to hang a couple fans with cable ties pointed at the power ...
- Sun May 30, 2021 7:33 pm
- Forum: The Market
- Topic: SOLD Ryzen 5 3600
- Replies: 2
- Views: 12364
Re: Ryzen 5 3600
Good price, should go quickly. If I had a need for a Ryzen 3600 I would jump on this.
- Sat May 29, 2021 4:03 pm
- Forum: The Camp Fire
- Topic: Pfizer/BioNtech covid-19 vaccine looks encouraging
- Replies: 25
- Views: 57908
Re: Pfizer/BioNtech covid-19 vaccine looks encouraging
They had to offer a million dollar lottery just to try to get people to get vaccinated. Is it working? Seems like it. I looked up some numbers and this was the headline on one of the news articles - Ohio sees COVID vaccination rate soar 45% since announcing Vax-A-Million lottery . There's definitel...
- Sat May 29, 2021 3:01 pm
- Forum: The Camp Fire
- Topic: Pfizer/BioNtech covid-19 vaccine looks encouraging
- Replies: 25
- Views: 57908
Re: Pfizer/BioNtech covid-19 vaccine looks encouraging
There's a lot of anti-vax misinformation going around my state as well as a lot of people apathetic about getting the vaccine even if they're not actually anti vax. They had to offer a million dollar lottery just to try to get people to get vaccinated.
- Sun May 16, 2021 12:16 pm
- Forum: Tripping the Breakers
- Topic: 3-2021 Big Core Options under $2,000.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 47164
Re: 3-2021 Big Core Options under $2,000.
My primary concern has been in points per watt given that I have a limited amount of solar power and electricity past that is 17.7 cents kw/h. I haven’t moved up to any true server grade components, and It’s pretty tough to beat the 5950x in eco mode on points per watt. I really want to see the new...
- Sun May 02, 2021 12:50 pm
- Forum: Tripping the Breakers
- Topic: Weird issue with hard drive
- Replies: 7
- Views: 16094
Re: Weird issue with hard drive
I would recommend storing any Linux distros you're seeding on a separate drive or drives than what is being accessed through your plex library. It's probably not your issue but once your have a lot of Linux isos being accessed at the same time as well as trying to act as a file server for plex it's ...
- Sun May 02, 2021 6:00 am
- Forum: Tripping the Breakers
- Topic: Weird issue with hard drive
- Replies: 7
- Views: 16094
Re: Weird issue with hard drive
Windows also has the "shut down drive after ___ minutes" setting in the power management options which could be worth disabling.
- Sun Apr 25, 2021 10:19 am
- Forum: Tripping the Breakers
- Topic: big coolers
- Replies: 16
- Views: 31719
Re: big coolers
I've transitioned almost all of my PC's to Noctua for their CPU heatsink/fan. I still have a lot of less expensive case fans, though. I'm not generally super concerned about how loud my PC's are, but I put a few PC's in my bedroom where I would definitely notice if they're loud, and they've been an ...
- Sat Apr 24, 2021 10:30 am
- Forum: Tripping the Breakers
- Topic: big coolers
- Replies: 16
- Views: 31719
Re: big coolers
Most of their development seems to be on visual changes to the color of fans and CPU coolers and stuff. I do have one 'Chromax black' NH-D15, and it doesn't seem to cool any better than the original ones that are silver with brown and beige fans. I only purchased it because at the time it was cheape...
- Tue Apr 20, 2021 10:45 pm
- Forum: The Market
- Topic: 4 x Raspberry Pi Cluster on Hardforum
- Replies: 15
- Views: 29675
Re: 4 x Raspberry Pi Cluster on Hardforum
Interesting, I didn't know the fans were that bad. Maybe in 6 months if they start to fail it'll be a good time to buy another Pi and put them all in a 4x Pi case like this one - https://www.amazon.com/GeeekPi-Raspberr ... B083FDHPBH
- Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:30 pm
- Forum: The Market
- Topic: 4 x Raspberry Pi Cluster on Hardforum
- Replies: 15
- Views: 29675
Re: 4 x Raspberry Pi Cluster on Hardforum
I have 3 of these kits and bought them from this seller - https://hardforum.com/threads/fs-raspberry-pi-4-4gb-kit-s.2007467/#post-1044993430 It took awhile to get, but it was when the US had real bad weather, so I don't fault the seller and once I got them they were as described. They had sd cards w...
- Mon Apr 19, 2021 4:50 pm
- Forum: The Market
- Topic: 4 x Raspberry Pi Cluster on Hardforum
- Replies: 15
- Views: 29675
Re: 4 x Raspberry Pi Cluster on Hardforum
If there were even a single project known to work on the GPU cores, I would really like to pick up an NVidia Jetson Xavier board to test out. Its CPU should be built on a 12NM node - https://www.anandtech.com/show/13584/nvidia-xavier-agx-hands-on-carmel-and-more/3 An Nvidia Jetson Xavier is $400 USD...
- Mon Apr 19, 2021 12:43 pm
- Forum: b-games
- Topic: Cost of building the site.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 180294
Re: Cost of building the site.
Are there ongoing development costs anticipated if features need added or parameters changed in how the competition works, or you're expecting to be able to control anything needing changed from whatever admin portal you'll have available?
I can throw in some money as well.
I can throw in some money as well.
- Fri Apr 16, 2021 9:17 am
- Forum: The Market
- Topic: 4 x Raspberry Pi Cluster on Hardforum
- Replies: 15
- Views: 29675
4 x Raspberry Pi Cluster on Hardforum
There's a 4 x Raspberry Pi cluster that is setup to be POE and has a POE switch on Hardforum for $550 if anybody is interested. I made an offer of $400 but it was too low. It's a pretty sweet setup though - https://hardforum.com/threads/fs-4x-rpi4-cluster-kit-with-poe-switch.2009445/ endgame124 any ...
- Fri Apr 02, 2021 8:23 am
- Forum: The Camp Fire
- Topic: Pfizer/BioNtech covid-19 vaccine looks encouraging
- Replies: 25
- Views: 57908
Re: Pfizer/BioNtech covid-19 vaccine looks encouraging
I was able to get my first shot of the Pfizer vaccine on Tuesday of this week. I wasn't in an age bracket or have health issues that would have gotten early access to the vaccine, but my state opened it up for everybody and I was able to get right in by scheduling in a far away rural area. As far as...
- Sun Mar 28, 2021 11:47 am
- Forum: b-games
- Topic: b-games.org
- Replies: 21
- Views: 34529
Re: b-games.org
That all sounds good. I also meant stuff like restarting the server instance(or whatever maintenance options exist on the web host for restarting apache and stuff?), ensuring hosting fees are paid, etc. The proverbial "would this continue if I were unexpectedly hit by a bus tomorrow" $3k s...
- Sun Mar 28, 2021 11:29 am
- Forum: b-games
- Topic: b-games.org
- Replies: 21
- Views: 34529
Re: b-games.org
The sport events idea is good. I looked up a few online sports calendars, and if you include international sports, and things like golf, bowling, wrestling(not WWE), tennis, you can basically choose any date you want almost and there will be events on close to that day. My other suggestion, and this...
- Sun Mar 28, 2021 10:13 am
- Forum: b-games
- Topic: b-games.org
- Replies: 21
- Views: 34529
Re: b-games.org
I was thinking. Let teams choose which "league" (any ideas on what to call each besides league?) They want. To help keep the powerful teams from dominating a lower tiered league I intend to have stats similar to how SG does the Pent with hourly update totals, -12H, -24H, etc... For the bi...
- Sun Mar 28, 2021 9:51 am
- Forum: b-games
- Topic: b-games.org
- Replies: 21
- Views: 34529
Re: b-games.org
The first season would be difficult to decide leagues. It's definitely not as simple as looking at FB output since a lot of teams don't participate. Based on the FB ranking Seti Germany for example was position 9 overall last year, but they certainly have the output to place much higher if they care...
- Sun Mar 28, 2021 9:30 am
- Forum: b-games
- Topic: b-games.org
- Replies: 21
- Views: 34529
Re: b-games.org
Locks only "keep honest people honest", as would the code of conduct if you decide to put it in. I think more than anything it would separate the wheat from the chaff a bit, and at least give people a concise list of things that if they violate they know they're breaking the rules. A code ...
- Sat Mar 27, 2021 7:21 pm
- Forum: b-games
- Topic: b-games.org
- Replies: 21
- Views: 34529
Re: b-games.org
Looks good Skillz My only suggestion would be to have a clearly posted code of conduct. There are shady things that can happen that are impossible to control or even necessarily notice due to fake accounts, etc., but I really think if there were more defined rules on what is allowed(even if there's ...
- Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:39 am
- Forum: Tripping the Breakers
- Topic: 3-2021 Big Core Options under $2,000.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 47164
Re: 3-2021 Big Core Options under $2,000.
I have had good luck with CPUs, but not perfect luck. I've had quite a few Haswell Xeons get to me with at least one memory channel bad. Looking at prices, performance, and power use, according to my little spreadsheet, the best bang for the buck is simply the 3700X right now. All the Zen3's and Ze...
- Wed Mar 24, 2021 6:39 am
- Forum: Tripping the Breakers
- Topic: 3-2021 Big Core Options under $2,000.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 47164
Re: 3-2021 Big Core Options under $2,000.
Fwiw I've never had an issue with a used CPU I've bought and over the years I've probably bought 50-100 used CPU's. I've bought them from Anandtech FS/T, Hardforum, eBay etc. It's pretty hard to cause noticable degradation on CPU's and I don't overclock anything I use for DC projects.
- Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:38 pm
- Forum: Tripping the Breakers
- Topic: 3-2021 Big Core Options under $2,000.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 47164
Re: 3-2021 Big Core Options under $2,000.
I just looked on eBay again, and couldn't find anything that seemed worth it in the way of Epyc processors available QS/ES or otherwise. I just checked my eBay purchase history, and I had put together a 28 core/56 thread Dell Precision T7810 in October for the following prices: Matrox PCIe x1 video ...
- Fri Jan 22, 2021 7:53 pm
- Forum: The Camp Fire
- Topic: F@H Challenge thread, 2021
- Replies: 33
- Views: 67882
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 4:40 pm
- Forum: Tripping the Breakers
- Topic: Low power video card
- Replies: 47
- Views: 132171
Re: Low power video card
Maybe Nvidia was watching this thread, I just read they're releasing a GT 1010
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 1:06 pm
- Forum: DC Projects setup and tuning
- Topic: Remote access of networked machines
- Replies: 13
- Views: 25655
Re: Remote access of networked machines
There's definitely something more to it than what I've figured out so far since it only affects some machines. The performance with Teamviewer in Windows isn't too bad for me without the HDMI dummy plugs, but it won't let me change the screen resolution unless a monitor was connected during boot or ...
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 11:12 am
- Forum: DC Projects setup and tuning
- Topic: Remote access of networked machines
- Replies: 13
- Views: 25655
Re: Remote access of networked machines
I'm not sure if these are the exact ones I purchased, but it's what I'm talking about. It doesn't seem to affect all machines, but especially ones that are Intel onboard video with no other video card run absolutely awful through Teamviewer if they are not booted up with a monitor attached. Like un...