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I run a home server as well, but I have dual WAN with NBN HFC and a mobile broadband backup modem. My OPNsense router runs in failover…

If it’s just for non-gaming productivity, a cheaper Ryzen 5000 series in the $400 price range would be plenty.

> Jensen said on stage that the 5070 gives "4090 levels of performance for USD$549" I think it’s a pretty safe assumption that he means a…

Huh? I know some people on combined incomes of $500k+ who definitely love browsing OzB. One of the richest people I know is really stingy…

Canvas in particular is quite forgiving compared to other print media.

I’ve experienced two different generic chargers explode in front of me. I only buy reputable ones now, especially for high wattages.

*looks around and whispers* … it’s a dildo. Of course it’s company policy to never infer ownership of a dildo by using the indefinite…

Definitely this one. Lenovo M93P is 4th gen Intel, whereas these are 7th gen. Intel 7th gen is the sweet spot for budget Plex servers since…

If you search for ETA Prime or Retro Game Corps on YouTube, you'll find several videos showcasing the capabilities of these exact models.

Batocera works well on these mini PCs. You can emulate up to Wii U, with occasional frame dips in demanding titles.

Buy Maymom parts from Amazon instead. They’re cheaper and work just fine.

Firefox is my main browser and I use UBlock Origin. I'm on iOS so I don't really have much in the way of options for YT clients that…

I begrudgingly pay for it because I watch tutorials on YT a lot for the software suites that I use, and it works out cheaper than paying…

Just bear in mind that your NM790 is TLC and this SSD is QLC. Under some scenarios, QLC can be extremely slow.

A word of warning about the Aurvana Ace 2, they’re terrible for outside use with ANC enabled since it picks up wind noise with even the…

That’s LCD IPS though.

Was about to post the same thing. Amazon US are infamous for doing a crappy job with packaging.

> New Mac Mini owners, 4K monitors will not work well natively. I mean it will work but compromised. Non-integer scaling is really not as…

True and granted that you’re more likely to sit closer to a laptop screen than a desktop monitor, but the point is that you can’t go…

1920x1200 at 14” is 163 PPI - the same pixel density as a 4K 27” monitor.

> This seems to be only a router but I will need a modem as well it seems? You'd be better off with a VDSL capable router, unless you need…

Tegra X1+ is still faster than a lot of other media streamers, yet those other media streamers (like FireTV) still work smoothly. I think…

> Depends on your personal needs. While I use the shield 90% of the time, I still think it kinda sucks ass, plex runs like shit on it, and…

I mean more in the general sense of mini PC deals, not necessarily this exact model.

I guarantee you’ll see more of these deals during Black Friday sales.

Are you keeping up with the Commodore?

> I have both. Constantly plugging and unplugging a laptop is a pain If you have a USB-C or Thunderbolt dock, then you can reduce the…

Firefox or Safari for everything and then just use a Chromium-based browser for the sites which have problems.

A typical home user with a NAS isn't using synchronous writes to media with power-loss protection via battery backed RAID or capacitors.

Maynard James Keenan?