Hardware

Imagine I get hardware without TPM or something, that is not supported by Win11.

I will not run an EOL Win10 as the machine needs to be connected to the internet. Tbh isolating stuff in a VM could be an idea but I dont know.

Its not for me but a noob with 0 tech knowledge, that says all...

How stable are the available hardware check bypasses? Is Micro$ already starting to aggressively block those?

I would not want to buy a PC to find out Win11 doesnt boot anymore in a few months...

Thanks!

It's always great to learn directly from engineers about their own work, and I found this to be a very informative and entertaining discussion. Tom Petersen really is a great communicator.

Where I live, DRAM-less SSDs are a lot cheaper (half the price). Most sources online say "go for an SSD with DRAM". But I wonder, are cases in which a DRAM-less SSD will do just fine?

My main focus is resurrecting old laptops (from 2006 to 2015), installing GNU/Linux and an sometimes investing in an SSD will give them a performance boost, but the budget is limited because I can't sella uch an old laptop at a non very budgety price.

TDLR: I come to conclusion that my computer with 700W is using more that 1000W supported by PSU. Need confirmation before waste more $$$

Once and while my GPU crash, small freezes or window using gpu become noise. System still running, I can connect using ssh from other machine and kill everything to restart UI.

I am running prometheus/node_exporter that is collected by a raspberry pi, so there are a bunch of standard metrics.

First I was suspicious about temperature. Yes it get hot, but don't appears to be clear. Sometimes work well for long period of time on hot.

Looking into the metrics I found "node_hwmon_in_volts", gauge, "node_hwmon_in_volts Hardware monitor for voltage (input)". That is the only electronic metric I have, the motherboard don't appears to have a good driver for linux. I didn't find

I have 2 other intel computers and none report that, but both my AMD and raspberry pi report it. Is the "Power" in the chart. The raspberry pi report 12, that I read as 12V, but on my AMD computer normally below 1.0.

When idling, it stay on 0.7. On load fluctuate a bit. On heavy load it goes over 1.0 many times (red line). While some times ti goes without issue, I start to see the pattern that when above 1.0, its has tendency to work bad and crash, like when doing AI or player heavy. When I downgrade the graphic "playing low", no issue.

According with partpick my computer should use around 700W. Multiplied by 1.5 (as normally recommended) I have 1050W. So I bought a Cougar GEX x2 1000W. That according to cultists psu-tier-list it is a recommended B tier. So should be good.

Does my logic make any sense? Does anyone have a better suggestion? Can be a different problem?

I'm looking for a Low-Profile PCIe Thunderbolt 4 card. I'd settle for Thunderbolt 3.

I have a Hyte Y60 case limiting me to only low-profile PCIe cards except for the verticle mount slots for the GPU.

I also have an Asus Prime X670E-Pro Wifi motherboard which is kinda weak sauce but would support a thunderbolt card on the PCIe 4.0 slot and has a TB_Header.

I've seen some cards that would've been good but not sure on compatibility. Like one I saw from HP had a header that was 2x6 Pins and the header on my board is 13 Pins in a 2x7 configuration. I think that one was specific to HP workstations.

Then I also see cards that don't have an internal header and don't believe they'd work outside of their intended products, like the QNAP NAS

https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/Socket%20AM5/PRIME_X670E-PRO_WIFI/E20194_PRIME_X670E_PRO_WIFI_UM_WEB.pdf?model=PRIME%20X670E-PRO%20WIFI

https://hyte.com/store/y60?v=113

If you don’t mind Chinese vendors from AliExpress. It’s probably the best deal you’re going to find.

Video version: https://youtu.be/0PrmrMQ9gJU

In February 2024, Intel held its first Intel Foundry Direct Connect event. [...] The tone of the event was one of success – Intel Foundry (IF) is set to be a semi-autonomous body of Intel that aggressively fights for business, whether Internal or External, without playing favorites.

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Ian: It’s been said in the past that Intel bets the whole company on the next process node, is that still true?

Pat: I’ve bet the whole company on 18A. We have committed products to this - it is the culmination of our 5 nodes in 4 years. So bringing that across the line, in that sense yes - I’ve bet the whole company on making this successful.