[Kukuk]

Making literally any changes to hardware in TrueNAS is an absolute nightmare when you know basically nothing about networking. But I got my 2.5Gb card installed, and setup on my new switch.

And it is indeed working!

It was kind of a hassle trying to find a 2.5Gb NIC that would work on TrueNAS Core. Being BSD based, there's limited driver support, so I had to try to track down an Intel-based card. Most of the suggestions I found were telling people to either throw down like $300 for a card, or just skip 2.5Gb and jump straight to 10Gb.

Grabbed this guy here for $30, and it works like a charm.

 

[BrokeAudiophileMan]

How is this for a weird setup.
I'm not a PC gamer and use this for my office.

Intel i5-12400 (12th gen)
16GB Ram
Onboard video
Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB - Main Boot. Never once even came close to running out of room for apps (!).
1TB Western Digital NVME - Too lazy to convert it to main.
Plextor 16X DVD Burner X2
MSI Z-690-A DDR4 Motherboard
WDC WD80EMZZ-11B4FB0 8001.5 GB
WDC WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0 8001.5 GB
WDC WD120EDAZ-11F3RA0 12000.1 GB
WDC WD120EDGZ-11B1PA1 12000.1 GB
WDC WD4000FYYZ-01UL1B3 4000.7 GB

I guess I am a hard drive collector!

Recently upgraded from a Core I3-6100 in Summer of 2022.
What surprised me the most is how much slower boot times have gotten due to the new BIOS settings etc.
Takes me 30 seconds just to see the Windows 10 logo.

PS I forgot to mention i've finally upgraded to a Mechanical Keyboard too! I'm so outdated with technology!
I hate the clicky-clacky sound so I bought a low profile one with brown switches for $25. Not bad!
Somehow I just have always preferred crappy Membrane keyboards. My last one was a Saitek Eclipse and lasted about 6 years!
It's annoying how you need to watch hours of Youtube videos just to find the correct switches for a keyboard based on your preferred click type lol.

That machine shouldn't take 30 seconds to get to the windows logo. How long is your time to POST? From POST on a modern machine, unless it's not configured properly you shouldn't be looking at more than 4-5 seconds to get INTO windows and it should be so fast that you don't even see the Windows logo.

 

[BrokeAudiophileMan]

Just recently got the 12gen MSI Aegis with 4070ti with 12700kf or something. Outputting to LG C2 OLED G-sync 120hz VRR. I'm good for awhile. lol I realized new cards arn't that much of an improvement. I would still be happy with my old1080 GTX rig. It was a beast. I think when 1080 GTX came out was when Nvidia was at their best. And I hate their current practices.

4070ti is equivalent to a 3090, but it's the newest gen. I don't build PCs. I buy fully built systems. I don't have time to debug when something goes wrong. Way too much stress on $$ spent.

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/post-the-last-thing-you-bought-oh-fun.210643/page-749#post-17526856

You're probably getting throttling or aren't configured properly. Most prebuilts are ovens that have insufficient airflow and that causes throttling and reduced component life. You're always better off learning a thing or two and building your own computers. Get to a point where you're your own technician and you're not spending a penny on anything you don't actually need. 4070Ti is a beast of a card, I have one paired with a 13600K. If you aren't blown away by the performance you're doing something wrong. I wouldn't put it past an OEM, be it ASUS, MSI, DELL, etc to either not have you on the latest drivers out of the box OR to not have official drivers at all and have you on the default windows drivers which are cut down and out of date. Also if your RAM is XMP capable it's almost definitely not enabled and you're probably on single channel because the company that built your computer wanted to save a couple of bucks. So ya, prebuilts are a joke. Sorry.

 

[BrokeAudiophileMan]

I've ordered parts to upgrade my 3900X rig, which has been upgraded with a 5900X. and have ordered some parts from Amazon, to be delivered both here in Canada and back in my home country (to my bud's house). When I get back in February, I'd be upgrading my RX 6900 XT to the RX 7900 XTX, the former will go into my 2nd rig. My i7 3960X and i7 4770 rigs will be retired.

Main Rig -
AMD R9 5900X + Thermaltake BigWater 3.0 360mm AIO
Gigabyte X570 Aorus Xtreme
2x 16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB RT DDR4 3600C16
Sapphire Nitro+ RX 6900 XT (will be replaced by RX 7900 XTX when I get back in February)
500GB Crucial P3 Plus NVMe M.2 Gen 4 x4 (OS + Essential programs)
2TB Kingston NV2 NVMe M.2 Gen 4 x4 (Games)
2TB Teamgroup MP33 NVMe M.2 Gen 3 x4 (Games)
4TB Samsung 860 EVO SATA SSD (Games)
2TB Samsung 860 QVO SATA SSD (Games)
2TB Seagate HDD (or similar) for downloads/music files/movies
Corsair HX1000 Platinum
CoolerMaster H500M

2nd rig -
AMD R9 3900X + Thermalright PA 120 SE
Gigabyte X570S Aorus Elite AX
2x 16GB Patriot Viper Elite II DDR4 4000MHZ (will get it to run at 3600C16 if possible)
(Sapphire Nitro+ RX 6900 XT (when I'm back in February)
500GB Crucial P2 NVMe M.2 Gen 3 x4 (OS)
4TB Leven JS600 SATA SSD
2x 1TB Samsung 860 EVO SATA SSD
2TB WD HDD (or similar) for downloads/music/movies
Enermax MAXREVO 1500 or Corsair HX 1050 (have both, will decide which to use)
SOLDAM XR-1 Black Knight (recently rediscovered in my storeroom, bought it more than 10 years ago)

As usual, I should be back in February with some pics, fell in love all over again with that industrial looking, no nonsense SOLDAM case.

Looks like all you use your PC for is media and gaming-- you would have been waaaay better off buying a 5800X3D vs a 5900X. JM2C.

 

[m-i-c-k-e-y]

Suggestion to invest on a NAS.

 

[dougms3]

Suggestion to invest on a NAS.

Seriously.

Not a good idea to use that station for listening to music. With so many 3.5" hdds, its going to cause alot of vibration and inject a ton of noise into the audio.

Would be better off with a NAS solution for the HDDs.

The newer am5 socket cpus are much slower to boot than am4. The newer firmware revisions have reduced it alot but when I did an am5 build near when it first launched, boot times were like 15-20 seconds, its now about 10 seconds with the new bios revisions. I hope they're able to reduce the times to am4 levels.

 

[monf3307]

i7-8086k with 32gb semi-fast memory
basic mobo but name-brand (ie not realtek) gigabit ethernet onboard
some GPU dunno forgot
128gb NVME
1tb SSD
2x 8tb HDD

 

[Slokid]

Recently had my 5950x die (thought it was a motherboard until swapped into my other x570 MB with my 3950x in it).
New Setup:
i9-13900K
Asus Z790 Rog Maximus Hero
Asus Ryujin II AIO
64GB Trident Z5 (6400MT)
1TB Samsung 990 Pro (Boot) / 2TB Samsung 990 Pro (Games) / 4x 2TB Samsung 870 EVO 2.5" in a Raid0
MSI 4090 Suprim Liquid X
Lian Li o11 Dynamic XL

Shop PC:
5950x
Asus x570 ProArt Creator-WiFi
Nzxt Krazken Z73 AIO
64GB Trident Z
1TB Corsair PCIe4 (Boot) / 2TB Samsung 980 Pro (Games) / 2x 6TB WD Blacks 7200RPM
Nvidia 3090TI Founders Edition
Case: Lian Li o11 Dynamic XL

Synology 5 Disk NAS for backup.

 

[monf3307]

Recently had my 5950x die (thought it was a motherboard until swapped into my other x570 MB with my 3950x in it).
New Setup:
i9-13900K
Asus Z790 Rog Maximus Hero
Asus Ryujin II AIO
64GB Trident Z5 (6400MT)
1TB Samsung 990 Pro (Boot) / 2TB Samsung 990 Pro (Games) / 4x 2TB Samsung 870 EVO 2.5" in a Raid0
MSI 4090 Suprim Liquid X
Lian Li o11 Dynamic XL

Shop PC:
5950x
Asus x570 ProArt Creator-WiFi
Nzxt Krazken Z73 AIO
64GB Trident Z
1TB Corsair PCIe4 (Boot) / 2TB Samsung 980 Pro (Games) / 2x 6TB WD Blacks 7200RPM
Nvidia 3090TI Founders Edition
Case: Lian Li o11 Dynamic XL

Synology 5 Disk NAS for backup.

3950x, 5950x, and 13900k? i like the way you roll

 

[Cabbages]

My most recent build although it is almost two years old now

CPU: AMD 5600x
GPU: ASUS TUF 3070ti
MOBO: Gigabyte x570 AORUS Master
RAM: 2x16GB Vengeance Pro SL 3600Mhz
PSU: Corsair R850W
Storage: Samsung 950PRO 512GB + Some random 3TB HDD
Case: Fractal Meshify C
Cooling: NZXT X53 240mm, 4x Noctua NF-P12 redux-1300 fans

 

[Slokid]

3950x, 5950x, and 13900k? i like the way you roll

What can I say, I like to party! Well that and making sure the power company is happy. LOL!

Though the 3950x is now being given to my friend. AMD sent me a replacement 5950x but needed my main PC back up and going so the 13900k was the next logical step lol. I thought about going with the 7950x or one of the new x3d but after all the things going on with them I decided to stay away.

 

[monf3307]

What can I say, I like to party! Well that and making sure the power company is happy. LOL!

Though the 3950x is now being given to my friend. AMD sent me a replacement 5950x but needed my main PC back up and going so the 13900k was the next logical step lol. I thought about going with the 7950x or one of the new x3d but after all the things going on with them I decided to stay away.

yeah, F the X3d line. I get it, but too many problems, and frankly does not help my use case that much to begin with (not a gamer)

 

[kman1211]

yeah, F the X3d line. I get it, but too many problems, and frankly does not help my use case that much to begin with (not a gamer)

Heard about problems with the 7xxx series X3D makes me glad I got the 5800X3D as a drop in upgrade instead waiting for the 7xxx X3D chips and upgrading to the new platform.

 

[monf3307]

Heard about problems with the 7xxx series X3D makes me glad I got the 5800X3D as a drop in upgrade instead waiting for the 7xxx X3D chips and upgrading to the new platform.

Roger that, my brother did the same for the same reason (also, unlike me, he is a gamer).

 

[Slokid]

Gaming wise here everything I play is older, still an FPS player here myself. Honestly everything for me is usually all overkill unless I'm messing with something new or doing any kind of video editing.

I originally thought I lost my MB and not my 5950x. I hadn't actually lost a processor since back during the early Athlon Thunderbird days when one of 2 fans on my towercooler died and CPU died within seconds.