Computers and stuff...

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I've got two identical cloned core2quad 9400 machines, which still do useful work. If the CPU isn't cooked and if you wanted another spare PC, a second hand motherboard would cost you between £5 and £10 on ebay - check drivers are available. Avoid Intel boards, because they removed all drivers from their websites for older OSs about three years ago.

 

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i have 4 of these cpus but did look for a mobo but it is just not worth it as the i mac is faster anyway just gets me that the psu seems not used as the rest of it was covered in black thick dust esp the cpu cooler and stinks like a dog and the only thing worth anything is mine now lol

 

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i have 4 of these cpus but did look for a mobo but it is just not worth it as the i mac is faster anyway just gets me that the psu seems not used as the rest of it was covered in black thick dust esp the cpu cooler and stinks like a dog and the only thing worth anything is mine now lol

It's mad what people throw away - I found a rusty old wheelbarrow for my garden the other day. It's still sound for garden work, but too big for either of my trailers for 12 mile transport, and it's too rusty to take apart, so I'll have to make something to keep it securely on the Carry Freedom Small Y... or use a car... which defeats the reason for getting a bike trailer...

 

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Webb's new composite of the "Pillars of Creation"

 

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Earth's Oxygen Came From an Unexpectedly Deep And Hot Source, Study Suggests

As far as we know, the Earth is the only place in the solar system – past or present – with plate tectonics and active subduction. This suggests that this study could partly explain the lack of oxygen and, ultimately, life on the other rocky planets in the future as well.

Earth's Oxygen Came From an Unexpectedly Deep And Hot Source, Study Suggests

The amount of oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere makes it a habitable planet.

www.sciencealert.com

 

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Lurking some 3 billion light-years away, Alcyoneus is a giant radio galaxy reaching 5 megaparsecs into space. That's 16.3 million light-years long, and it constitutes the largest known structure of galactic origin.

Astronomers Spot The Biggest Galaxy Ever, And The Scale Will Break Your Brain

Earlier this year, astronomers found an absolute monster of a galaxy.

www.sciencealert.com

 

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World’s first space battery powered by 'game-changing' nuclear fuel is coming soon
Americium-241 emits power for more than 400 years.

World’s first space battery powered by 'game-changing' nuclear fuel is coming soon

Americium-241 emits power for more than 400 years.

interestingengineering.com

 

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Terry Hall: lead singer of the Specials dies aged 63

Terry Hall: lead singer of the Specials dies aged 63

Having survived a tough childhood in Coventry, Hall became one of pop’s defining voices at the turn of the 80s, chronicling British decline and disfranchised youth with the 2 Tone band

www.theguardian.com

 

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The Sidecar for Psion - A PPP Modem and Linux Terminal for RS232 devices

The Sidecar for Psion - A PPP Modem and Linux Terminal for RS232 devices

Creating the PiRS232 and playing with the Pi over serial has been leading towards an idea - I wanted to create a small, battery powered device, a sidecar that I could carry with my Psion and use as portable Linux terminal. I also managed to turn it into an Internet...

www.kianryan.co.uk

 

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Hot air rises, but can't easily if it's a horizontal card - just use a desktop case with good airflow? And the board material itself is heat insulating. Desktop cases are not terribly fashionable...

 

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the vapor chamber stalls so no way to fix that bar new heat sink or custom water block.

you just dont get this crap with server grade stuff or they would be finished it is like they just dont give a crap about consumer stuff anymore yet still want max profit and lower quality.

 

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they just dont give a crap about consumer stuff anymore yet still want max profit and lower quality.

The only consumer boards I buy are Asus or Gigabyte, in that order - Asus BIOSs are a bit fiddly, but the boards themselves last many years. Gigabyte BIOSs are batshit, but the hardware is reliable.

 

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only 2 i rate is super micro and tyan but you loose overclocking and low total core speed usb ect ect. plus i only have 5k

AMD 32 Core Zen 4 EPYC™ 9354P Single Socket OEM Server CPU/Processor

Buy from Scan - AMD EPYC™ 9354P, S SP5, 5nm, Zen 4, 32 Core, 64 Thread, 3.25GHz, 3.8GHz Turbo, 256MB, 280W, CPU, OEM

www.scan.co.uk

 

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only 2 i rate is super micro and tyan

Supermicro make some amazing boards, and I have used them in the past - just can't justify the cost, as they are about as reliable (in my experience) as Asus's. I never overclock anything at all - I need reliability and not all that much speed... Glad I'm not a gamer! Sounds exhausting.

 

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AMD 32 Core Zen 4 EPYC™ 9354P Single Socket OEM Server CPU/Processor

Buy from Scan - AMD EPYC™ 9354P, S SP5, 5nm, Zen 4, 32 Core, 64 Thread, 3.25GHz, 3.8GHz Turbo, 256MB, 280W, CPU, OEM

www.scan.co.uk

For me - those use far too much power, I can't wait for server class ARM CPUs to catch up in terms of performance. They're not too far off now.

 

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thing is i want a new puter to last 10-15 years and have upgrade options down the road with ram and cpu and gfx card ect same as my tyan s7010 with dual Xeons and 48gb of ram.

AMD 96 Core Zen 4 EPYC™ 9654P Single Socket OEM Server CPU/Processor

Buy from Scan - AMD EPYC™ 9654P, S SP5, 5nm, Zen 4, 96 Core, 192 Thread, 2.4GHz, 3.7GHz Turbo, 384MB, 360W, CPU, OEM

www.scan.co.uk

problem is if i went diy id have to make it work in the case i want with a custom heat sink and cooling so just will end in a expensive nightmare or so loud its like falling from space,

 

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so loud its like falling from space

Server farms don't care about noise - I was at one point thinking of making a case shell cover using sound-dampening rockwool panels.

https://www.tradeinsulations.co.uk/product/rockwool-rwa45-100mm-acoustic-insulation-slab/?utm_source=

Pretty cheap - but not sure if it'd be safe to breathe around them, without applying a layer of sealant of some kind.

 

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problem is if i went diy id have to make it work in the case i want with a custom heat sink and cooling

A mate simply cut a hole in the case for the CPU heatsink to poke out of lol.

 

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But would that expose the PCB?
People are still trying to push the hardware instead of AI or architecture. My sony tv does picture enhancement so well that I rarely if ever select channel 101 instead of 1.