Christmas?

not to wait for what?

I decided not to wait.  Printing a case (top) for the Raspberry Pi.

Actually 2.5" ssd drives are turning up in desktops, since there's no reason they are 3.5"...  I'm not even sure if you can buy a modern day SSD in 3.5 any more...

I have a raid 5 array of 8 SSD drives for performance and cost savings... turns out up to 20 times faster than my 7200 rpm drive.

But I have a specific need, it is a media server for photos, videos, music, so you want to "flip through" media quickly, especially since this is a server operating from my house to my mobile devices.. (Plex)

Greg

I should have grouped the drive speed with the HDD info.

It does have an old SATA drive!  I didn't pay a lot for it.  I don't think I could have built it myself for what I paid.

An SSD in a blender...that would be fun to watch!

Jim, I thought those were the specs of the new tower machine you purchased.  There is no such thing as a 7200RPM SSD.  I thought maybe they were slipping you an old SATA drive.

Only way an SSD is 7200 rpm is if you drop it in a blender... 

Interesting, the dram is 16x1, normally you want 2 sticks or more to enable dual channel mode in the dram.

Greg

HDD/SSD: could be configuired with either one.

HDD:  spinning disc drive (platter).

SSD:  solid state drive no spinning disc.    There are also the "M2" that looks kind of like a stick of ram.

2TB is drive capacity.  TB is Terabyte.

3.5 refers to drive physical size.   A desktop or tower would have a 3.5" drive while a laptop would have a 2.5" drive.  

I don't know if that still applies today.

7200 RPM is the drive speed.  Some drives are 5400 RPM.

HDD/SSD 2TB 7200RPM (3.5")?

There is a lot in there.  Only two add on cards; video, and wifi.

I learned that no matter how hard you try to keep things clean dust will find its way into a computer. 

I try to remember to open them up at least a couple times a year to see what is going on.

I find my fan can get clogged with dust bunnies....at least I know air is moving.. I was kind of poking you with a stick.. you had everything else in there.. 

Sean,

No.  It isn't overheating.

Did you install a backup fan ?

Graeme,

Linux seems to work fine for me.  I tried the other Linux Mint flavors, but I like Cinnamon.  On my computer Win 10 boots faster that Linux, but I don't really care.

Greg,

I was looking at the HP laptops, but went with this one for the wife. 

https://store.asus.com/us/item/201707AM210000002/A18490-ASUS-Vivobook-N580VD-DB74T-15.6-inch-FHD-Touch%2C-GTX-1050%2C-Intel-i7%2C-512-GB-SSD%2C-16GB

She loves it, and that is all that matters.

I found a deal on a new tower.

I have already cut out the front of the case, and installed a sata mobile rack to have Linux mint 19, or win10 pro 64bit.

I also cut out the stupid spring loaded door covering the DVD R/W.

Also added a 4TB drive inside formatted ext4 for Linux. 

I can't leave anything stock.  Should do anything I need to do.

CPU Intel® CoreTM i7-8700 Processor 6 Cores 3.2-4.6 GHz 12M Cache
Chipset Z370
Motherboard MSI Brand Z370-A PRO
CPU Cooler Proprietary Thermal Kit included
VGA NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
Memory (GB) 16GB DDR4 (16GB x 1)
LAN 10/100/1000
Wireless Communication Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168 1x1 802.11ac (433 Mbps)
Audio 7.1 Channel HD Audio
Video Port 1 x HDMI-out, 1 x DisplayPorts, 1 x DVI-D
I/O 1 x front Gen1 Type-C, 2 x front Gen 1 Type-A, 4 x rear Gen1, 2 front (1 with Super Charger 2) + 2 rear
USB 1 x front Gen1 Type-C, 2 x front Gen 1 Type-A, 4 x rear Gen1, 2 front (1 with Super Charger 2) + 2 rear
HDD/SSD 2TB 7200RPM (3.5")
Power Supply 550W 80 Plus

Hi John,

all is fine ;-) I understood it the same way.

Gerd

Yes. Thats how I read it too. Thanks John and Gerd for the good idea's 

Jason

Yes. Thats how I read it too. Thanks John and Gerd for the good idea's 

Jason

Gerd, I wasn't suggesting that you use Del's service, I put it up for Jason who wanted what you have...

Hi John,

good link. Unfortunately, most of such effors are not available for me in Germany and shipping/tax steals a lot of budget when ordering in oversea.

There are decal printing services and those for dry transfers available here as sell, but they are costy compared to the way i used. A few dollars for the sticker foil, the paper stencils are free of charge for me.

Gerd

Jason V. said:

Gerd. Awesome. Thanks for letting us know. I'd love to get ahold of some with Rio Grande Southern and Colorado Southern for 1:20.3.

Jason 

https://www.gscalegraphics.net/custom-lettering.html#/