Getting an electricity refund

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  • July 23, 2018 at 9:47 am #23389
    Dave RiceDave Rice
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      Legacy mode can be very hit and miss, especially with Linux. I had two different Gigabyte Brix, one needed a BIOS upgrade and the other a downgrade before you could get anything other than W8 to install (and that includes W7).

      July 23, 2018 at 3:42 pm #23396
      Wheels-Of-FireWheels-Of-Fire
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        I had great fun with that W7/W8 thing a few years ago.

        The Windows installation DVD is dual format MBR and GPT/UEFI. W7 lists MBR first but W8 lists UEFI first.

        There is settig in my BIOS for boot options that says MBR/UEFI/AUTO but I discovered it ONLY applies to booting from dual format DVDs.

        Every other drive on the system will always UEFI boot if there is an EFI partition or MBR boot if not.

        Hours of head scratching was had ?

        July 26, 2018 at 7:13 pm #23460
        D-DanD-Dan
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          Ready to order – having got the Gfx card, I’m going for a MB/CPU/RAM Bundle (including cooler).  This looks OK, and has the required 6 SATA ports. The 1800X looks like a damned fine CPU, and with 16Gb RAM should be ample. When paired with the GTX1060 6Gb, should make rendering much faster.

          And at £568, within budget.

          Does anyone have experience of the vendor (good or bad)?

          EDIT: A new chassis will put me over budget, so that will have to wait a month or two. I could get it at the same time, but I’d rather buy at month end when I know I don’t need the cash, rather than at month start.

          https://www.awd-it.co.uk/amd-ryzen-7-1800x-eight-core-4.0ghz-cpu-asus-rog-strix-b350-f-motherboard-bundle.html

          Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

          July 26, 2018 at 8:31 pm #23472
          JayCeeDeeJayCeeDee
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            Not heard of them, but 91% of their reviews ( out of over 200 in the last 12 months) are 4* and 5*  – that bodes well for any company.

            July 26, 2018 at 8:36 pm #23474
            D-DanD-Dan
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              I thought the same. They reckon 4 day delivery, so if I order tonight (we can assume that’s tomorrow), by Thursday for delivery, just in time for a rebuild next weekend.

              And it gives me a delivery address of “at work”.

              Note to self – don’t rebuild on delivery day, or the day after, you will have had beer.

              EDIT: Order placed.

              Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

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