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[KcMsterpce]

I have the T5 1TB as well as the Sandisk 1TB extreme portable SSD.

Performance: They are similar in transfer rate/speeds. For large files, I get about 420MB/s to 445MB/s average speed.

Size: The T5 is a little thinner, and slightly wider than the Sandisk. The rubber housing and keyholder option on the Sandisk is good, if you think you want a more rugged protection, and if you want to hook it onto a backpack, or strap. Either one is very light, and easy to slip into a small pocket.

Software: Both have a password protect option, which can be initiated very easily the first time you plug it in. Not sure about encryption reliability (too lazy to check). I did not notice a drop in performance if you choose the password protect, which I have on my T5.

Peripherals: The T5 has a USB-C to USB-C cable, and USB-C to Type A connector. The Sandisk has USB-A to micro-USB, as well as an attachment for micro to type-C connector. The T5 cable is about 2 feet long, the Sandisk cable is about 8 inches.

In the end, either one performs great, and I'm happy with both.

 

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

Posted similar from the USB Audio Player Pro thread.
Click pictures to enlarge.

So I had extra cash and thinking to have a small computer in my bedroom. Something a do-it-all kind of thing. My Android TV is good for media playback and occasional surfing in the internet. But when I need something for quick editing (documents. pictures, etc.) its limited.

My last build was 9-10 years ago with this monster (then). And still using it. Specs here.



So enter this baby: A Shuttle DH370 (specs and product page)






Just a little larger than your typical DVD drive and stuffed it with the following:

Intel i9-9900 (disabled Speedstep/Turbo for heat and acoustic purposes)
32Gb (16x2) Corsair Vengeance 2666Mhz
1Tb Samsung Evo Plus m.2 SSD
Intel AC 9260 Wifi + 5.0 Bluetooth
Shuttle PVG01 VGA extention cable (what will I do w/ 2 serial ports?).
Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut as thermal paste.
Will be using the Dell P2415Q 24" 4K monitor from my Android TV.





Some Benchmarks!

Cinebench R15 w/ Speedstep/Turbo on. Note on temps.


Cinebench R15 w/ Speedstep/Turbo off.


CrystalDiskMark


CrystalDiskMark w/ PrimoCache (product page)


SO...Does it whine? Yes, if you turn on SpeedStep/Turbo. I you disable it (w/ a little drop in performance to my surprise), it is very silent.

I was also hoping that If I install JRiver MC 25 w/ Izotope Ozone Advanced 8.02 as plugins, I would have a better chance on SQ, NOW having better HW, from my present setup.
Just a history: Went to Android TV w/ LPS + USB Audio Player Pro route since its sound better (cost less) from my previous PC + JRiver w/ Izotope Ozone as plugin.

NOW...how about the SOUND QUALITY??

My Android TV Box + UAPP is still BETTER!
Spent 1,400+ euros to find out (AGAIN) that my 200 euro Android TV box setup is better!

I was just fortunate that my (other, older) Android TV box (Himedia Q10 Pro) has a USB 3.0 port to my PC so I can access my (then external) HDD.



Now I got a TWIN system. Got a so called do-it-all mini PC that can access my 8TB drive from my Android TV. And, the Android TV for my listening and (along w/ my PC) other media pleasure. My newer Beelink GT-King was moved elsewhere.



Sharing this for those people who wants to go to that road (AGAIN) hoping to have a better media experience.

To what I found out (AGAIN), w/ present hardware, STILL Android TV + LPS w/ USB Audio Player Pro (or similar) provides better SQ at so much lesser cost.

Just here for the music.
Michael

 

[Voxata]

Wow.. a 9900 in that PC. I use a 9700K in a Sandwich build and I had to underclock to get it running cool enough. I bet that rig is an absolute heater under a load! Then again, guess its only slinging media. I'd be getting an i3 in a build like that.

 

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

Yeah, not playing games with it l. Relegated to just media playback, surfing and occasional image and document editing.

9900 is 65W btw (w/c DH370 was designed to handle) and the 35W 9900T is hard to get. As said, I disabled speedstep/turbo to limit it at baseclock. And because, it whines when it kicks. When disabled (SpeedStep), its silent and not much heat (media playback, editing use). See Cinebench benchmark, it tops only at 72°C at 24°C ambient at baseclock.

Just, want to see how far I can push this 1.3L barebone system.

I'll run OCCT when I get back to see the real score. But then again its a stress tester. Of which this pc will hardly be seeing (I'll use my main rig for that).

We know on this case, its TDP that counts. You can have an i3-8100 but still, its 65W TDP.

 

[Voxata]

With Intel TDP numbers are a bit fudged, though if you aren't loading it hard life will be easier. I have a SFF using a 8400T 6 core that's delidded and when streaming video it'll hit 65C. It's tuned for silence though.

 

[mikey1964]

I finished building my rig like, three weeks ago perhaps, but have only finished the SSD's and HDD's recently. Decided on a CM H500M case proceeded to build my rig, short of a few parts I'd not quite decided on then, any, the complete specs as follow:
Ryzen R9 3900X (at 4.4ghz all cores) + Thermaltake Water 3.0 360 AIO
Gigbayte X570 Aorus Xtreme
4x 8GB XPG D60G DDR4 3200 Cl16
PowerColor VEGA 64 Red Devil
256GB Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 (OS)
4TB Samsung 860 EVO SSD (Games)
2TB Samsung 860 QVO (Games)
6TB WD Black HDD (Games)
2TB Seagate Barracuda HDD (Downloads, movies, music)
Corsair HX1000 Platinum
CoolerMaster MasterCase H500M

This rig is actually quiter than my other two rigs, fans ramp up only when I game......watching movies and listening to music (using Oppo HA-1 + HD6XX or HD600 or ENIGMACoustics Dharma D1000). WHen I'm not using my cans, I'll run music through my motherboard's audio (Sabre DAC) to my Philips Fidelio HTL1000 soundbar.....usually for movies, sometimes music as well.

Edit - A pic of the case....

 

[rvcjew]

I finished building my rig like, three weeks ago perhaps, but have only finished the SSD's and HDD's recently. Decided on a CM H500M case proceeded to build my rig, short of a few parts I'd not quite decided on then, any, the complete specs as follow:
Ryzen R9 3900X (at 4.4ghz all cores) + Thermaltake Water 3.0 360 AIO
Gigbayte X570 Aorus Xtreme
4x 8GB XPG D60G DDR4 3200 Cl16
PowerColor VEGA 64 Red Devil
256GB Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 (OS)
4TB Samsung 860 EVO SSD (Games)
2TB Samsung 860 QVO (Games)
6TB WD Black HDD (Games)
2TB Seagate Barracuda HDD (Downloads, movies, music)
Corsair HX1000 Platinum
CoolerMaster MasterCase H500M

Every time I see that case I wish CM made the front I/O not shiny as it attracts static like crazy and I think would be cleaner. Nice build. I recently finally got a 3900X and also swapped my R5 panels for the TG addon they made and for not being OG to the case design they look really good. I just had the foam non window panels before.

Ryzen 9 3900X
NH-D15S
X370 Tachi
32GB(2x16GB) DDR4
EVGA GTX 1080 Ti FTW3
ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Objective 2, NFB-11
500GB 850 EVO (OS, Adobe, Office)
3TB HDD (Downloads)
3TB HDD (Games)
4TB HDD (Storage)
1TB HDD (Music)
2x1TB R1 (Backups)
2x6TB R1 (Videos)
AX760
Fractal Define R5
NF-F12's I had lying around.
BH12LS38

 

[mikey1964]

@rvcjew Holy crap! You have a 3900X on an X370 mobo? I didn't think any pre-X570 mobo can handle a 3900X! How does it overclock? Presently have mine with all cores at 4.4Ghz, temp's about 35C idle with loads not exceeding 62C thus far.

 

[rvcjew]

@rvcjew Holy crap! You have a 3900X on an X370 mobo? I didn't think any pre-X570 mobo can handle a 3900X! How does it overclock? Presently have mine with all cores at 4.4Ghz, temp's about 35C idle with loads not exceeding 62C thus far.

If the manufacture releases updates for the right AGESA then a B350 board can run it, also remember it is way more power efficient then ryzen 1 and still more then ryzen +. With my 2600 the PC idled around 300W and I could not take my ram any higher then it's stock XMP and now with the 3900X I idle at about 260W and its memory controller let me push my 2666 ram to 2800 at the fast timings on the DRAM calc for ryzen. Temps from idle on the 2600 with the single fan on the D15S at 42c (all that HDD heat adds about 20C to the case ambient) to the dual fan with the cooler I now idle at 46-52c depending on the room temp (52c is with room at 84F). I load at about 72-75c with all core usage, have not dabbled in per ccx OC'ing yet.
Malcolm

Here is a video on the board I got for reference:

 

[knivek]

I finished building my rig like, three weeks ago perhaps, but have only finished the SSD's and HDD's recently. Decided on a CM H500M case proceeded to build my rig, short of a few parts I'd not quite decided on then, any, the complete specs as follow:
Ryzen R9 3900X (at 4.4ghz all cores) + Thermaltake Water 3.0 360 AIO
Gigbayte X570 Aorus Xtreme
4x 8GB XPG D60G DDR4 3200 Cl16
PowerColor VEGA 64 Red Devil
256GB Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 (OS)
4TB Samsung 860 EVO SSD (Games)
2TB Samsung 860 QVO (Games)
6TB WD Black HDD (Games)
2TB Seagate Barracuda HDD (Downloads, movies, music)
Corsair HX1000 Platinum
CoolerMaster MasterCase H500M

This rig is actually quiter than my other two rigs, fans ramp up only when I game......watching movies and listening to music (using Oppo HA-1 + HD6XX or HD600 or ENIGMACoustics Dharma D1000). WHen I'm not using my cans, I'll run music through my motherboard's audio (Sabre DAC) to my Philips Fidelio HTL1000 soundbar.....usually for movies, sometimes music as well.

Edit - A pic of the case....

I see you don't take off the plastic film like myself... I like to keep things pristine like that. OCD is bad for that :S

 

[SilverEars]

Posted similar from the USB Audio Player Pro thread.
Click pictures to enlarge.

So I had extra cash and thinking to have a small computer in my bedroom. Something a do-it-all kind of thing. My Android TV is good for media playback and occasional surfing in the internet. But when I need something for quick editing (documents. pictures, etc.) its limited.

My last build was 9-10 years ago with this monster (then). And still using it. Specs here.



So enter this baby: A Shuttle DH370 (specs and product page)






Just a little larger than your typical DVD drive and stuffed it with the following:

Intel i9-9900 (disabled Speedstep/Turbo for heat and acoustic purposes)
32Gb (16x2) Corsair Vengeance 2666Mhz
1Tb Samsung Evo Plus m.2 SSD
Intel AC 9260 Wifi + 5.0 Bluetooth
Shuttle PVG01 VGA extention cable (what will I do w/ 2 serial ports?).
Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut as thermal paste.
Will be using the Dell P2415Q 24" 4K monitor from my Android TV.





Some Benchmarks!

Cinebench R15 w/ Speedstep/Turbo on. Note on temps.


Cinebench R15 w/ Speedstep/Turbo off.


CrystalDiskMark


CrystalDiskMark w/ PrimoCache (product page)


SO...Does it whine? Yes, if you turn on SpeedStep/Turbo. I you disable it (w/ a little drop in performance to my surprise), it is very silent.

I was also hoping that If I install JRiver MC 25 w/ Izotope Ozone Advanced 8.02 as plugins, I would have a better chance on SQ, NOW having better HW, from my present setup.
Just a history: Went to Android TV w/ LPS + USB Audio Player Pro route since its sound better (cost less) from my previous PC + JRiver w/ Izotope Ozone as plugin.

NOW...how about the SOUND QUALITY??

My Android TV Box + UAPP is still BETTER!
Spent 1,400+ euros to find out (AGAIN) that my 200 euro Android TV box setup is better!

I was just fortunate that my (other, older) Android TV box (Himedia Q10 Pro) has a USB 3.0 port to my PC so I can access my (then external) HDD.



Now I got a TWIN system. Got a so called do-it-all mini PC that can access my 8TB drive from my Android TV. And, the Android TV for my listening and (along w/ my PC) other media pleasure. My newer Beelink GT-King was moved elsewhere.



Sharing this for those people who wants to go to that road (AGAIN) hoping to have a better media experience.

To what I found out (AGAIN), w/ present hardware, STILL Android TV + LPS w/ USB Audio Player Pro (or similar) provides better SQ at so much lesser cost.

Just here for the music.
Michael

Impressive Nvme read and write numbers. I wonder if something like Evo 970 is practical other than transfering files? Anybody know if it's really signficantly better for general file seeking, etc..? I understand that in general SSD usually are compared to mechanical drives, but not sure if Nvme with pci 4x bandwidth are really all that practical for real uses.

 

[mikey1964]

I see you don't take off the plastic film like myself... I like to keep things pristine like that. OCD is bad for that :S

Yep, OCD is so bad for that! But now, with the front plastic peeling off, the OCD guy in me wanna peel it completely off to rid myself of the unsightly plastic peel.....will it never end?!

 

[ostewart]

Not a great picture but oh well.

Cooler Master CK530 Mech Keyboard (blue switches)
Acer H257HU 25" monitor
Razer Naga 2014 mouse

Gigabyte Z270P-D3 Motherboard
Intel i7 6700k OC'd to 4.4GHz
Hypertec DDR4 2133 RAM 16GB (2 x 8GB) OC'd to 2666
Gigabyte Windforce OC GTX1060 3GB graphics card
Cooler Master Hyper 212x cooler
Fractal Design Focus G Case
Fractal Design 2 x 140mm front intake fans, 1 x 120mm exhaust fan
128gb Kingston SSD
2tb seagate HDD
Aerocool Integrator 600w PSU

I want to change the case to one with a PSU shroud and nicer cable routing and upgrade the PSU to an EVGA modular one. And then eventually get a new GPU.

 

[gimmeheadroom]

I'm travelling so my head-fi forum rig is a laptop with a socketed i7700K @ 4.2GHz with turbo to 4.5, 32G RAM, Quadro video card..and Linux. Not the greatest for music...

 

[rvcjew]

I'm travelling so my head-fi forum rig is a laptop with a socketed i7700K @ 4.2GHz with turbo to 4.5, 32G RAM, Quadro video card..and Linux. Not the greatest for music...

Sounds like a Precision or T series?