Recent content by Zarathustra

Honestly, usually this hasn't been a problem for me. But what really threw me off on this one was that I actually brought the screw with me to Home Depot and threaded it into the hole on that fixture they have there in the fastener aisle, it fit, but of course they didn't have 1/4" 28TPI...

It's actually the long one on the left that is M6x1. 😅 The one on the right is the 1/4" 28TPI I special ordered because I needed a shorter screw so it wouldn't protrude too much on the other side and interfere with stuff. :p No idea why these are so long. I have no idea what they came with...

Lesson learned. Most rack cage nuts are not 1/4" 28TPI. The cage nut machine screw may fit in a 1/4" 28TPI test thread at Home Depot, but once you order (and wait for) your specialty screws of exactly the length you want, they will not fit in the cage nuts. Apparently the cage nuts are...

I may have found a source at current pricing via the Hardforums. Will update once in my hands. Hehe. His rack is probably a lot nicer than mine. But does he have dual MO-RA 600's? :p

I have a few updates I have not had a chance to write up yet. It's been a crazy busy time full with responsibilities, so I have not been able to dedicated as much time to the project as I would have liked. Meanwhile, with all the tariff crap going on, I figured maybe I should start buying the...

They probably wouldn't want to, but if it were a requirement it would be a **** good motivator to keep MSRP models in stock. And if AIB's couldn't ship above MSRP models unless they had MSRP models available that would be a **** good motivator for them to keep enough of those available too...

Rather than requiring that at least one MSRP model exists, the requirement should be that an MSRP model must be in stock at any time any non-MSRP model is in stock, so that 100% of buyers have a choice between basic MSRP models and more premium above MSRP models.

This is an interesting chart, but I don't claim to understand what the different categories in SPECWorkstation (Product Development, Media & Entertainment, Life Sciences, Energy, General operations) actually mean and what they are doing and measuring in these tests. The 9100 sure looks...

yeah, the RND4k Q1T1 tests are usually very limited by CPU core speed. Stick an Optane in an older system, and it can't really take advantage of it. Even in my Threadripper 3960x, I can't fully take advantage of all of the performance of the Optane DC p5800x in 4kRND Q1T1.

Wow. I never noticed there was a separate mode for NVMe either. I'm going to have to check that out. The high queue depth RND4K (Q32T16) read numbers for this drive are beastly, but the low queue depth RND4k Q1T1 appear somewhat stagnant. They have been at 85MB/s or thereabouts for 2-3...

Yeah, I was looking at this only because I already have the motherboard, and figuring a drop-in might be cheap. But for most people - even those doing CPU compute - I bet a AM5 9950x is a way better buy. Its 16 cores should definitely outperform the 24 cores in my Threadripper 3960x, and...

I've been considering that. The $500 pricetag is a little steep. Maybe I'll do it as an upgrade once the rest of the project is done. I have a host of NVMe drives already that I can use. The combined system right now has the following drives: - One 800GB Optane p5800x (Boot) - Two 2TB...

As an aside, For ****s and giggles, I decided to check eBay to see if there were any cheap 64C/128T Threadripper 3990x CPU's available. I don't really need one, but I have habit of when a platform starts getting older, just picking up the top CPU and dropping it in for ****s and giggles. I...

Figures. I went to Microcenter last night, and while they still have plenty of 9950x3d's and 9800x3d's, they are out of the MSI MAG x870e MAG Tomahawk motherboard. They had 50+ of them according to the website when I last checked, but apparently they included them in a bundle, and apparently...

There's been another little setback. Not directly related to this build, but it has taken some time away from it. I should have taken pictures when working on this, but I was frustrated and just plain forgot. You see, ever since the pandemic and hitting my 40's, my sensation of time passing...