Subj : Re: Old Iron
To   : Nightfox
From : Tracker1
Date : Sat Jan 23 2021 08:17:51

On 1/22/2021 3:47 PM, Nightfox wrote:
>> Hopefully I'll be able to get an RTX graphics card sometime this year,
>> but not holding out much hope. I did use part of my bonus this year to
>> get a new NAS (DS1621+) with 4x 12TB drives (two empty slots to grow
>> on). My old one (12yo DS409) was really long in the tooth and slow to
>> say the least.
> 
> I've been wanting to upgrade my graphics card too.  It sucks that
> manufacturing seems to be down overall.  I've wanted to buy a new
> printer too, as my current printer seems to be having some trouble
> now, but I haven't been able to find the printer I want in stock at
> a reasonable price anywhere either.

Been using a Color HP Laser for a few years now, finally changed out 
from the stock BW cartridge and need to do the Color after about 4 years 
or so on the one it came with.  I really don't print that much.

As to graphics cards, production is decent, but there are a lot of 
bitcoin miners and scalpers using bots to buy up any stock even close to 
list price.

>> Other than the GPU upgrade mentioned above, probably good for the
>> next 5 years or so. I do regret going full RGB though.
> 
> I don't like RGB either.  I don't want a light show in my PC. 
> Sometimes I leave my PC on overnight to work on something, and
> I don't want the room lit up (even if it's not the room I sleep
> in).  After I built my current PC, one of the first things I did
> was finding a way to turn off the RGB on the motherboard and GPU.

Yeah, I went with a LianLi O11 Dynamic case and RGB fans... my kid 
really likes it and she's about due for an upgrade... so may just pull 
my CPU and a few other parts out and put it in a new case for me 
(thinking Fractal Define S* or Meshify series with solid panel). 
Assuming again, can get GPUs any time soon, that's when I'll probably 
pull the trigger so to speak.
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Michael J. Ryan
tracker1 +o Roughneck BBS
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