Soldered in there :) also max 8 GB memory. I only paid like $30 for this box 6 years ago including the $10 for four used drives, I’m not expecting it to run Crysis.

To be extra clear, it was released in 2010 or something. This thing is 15 years old!

Encryption slows it down a lot. It’s just a Turion II

I’ve got a N40L running TrueNAS. It is slow for mass transfers but at about 40-60mbps transfer speeds it is plenty fast for file usage (jellyfin libraries etc.) Right now it’s just a secondary but it is quiet and uses little power. You can get 3.5 to 2.5 adapters and use ssds for even quieter use.

In other words don’t be afraid to trawl around on eBay and experiment.

Having a separate machine as a NAS is good, running TrueNAS or XigmaNAS. You can segregate your backups from your daily use, you can have automated tasks run, etc.

Machine wise, I’m gonna try out a Beelink with nvme slots. Right now I’m using a Proliant microserver. Don’t get one with a hardware RAID card as you want to be able to use zfs. But otherwise they sell pretty cheap on Ebay.

This is more or less how FCIX got started

Don’t make me stop this thorax

Is this new? I have some 10 year old ish Asus motherboards that have been really solid

It changed my life. Mainly because of the automatic citation handling and bibliography generation in LyX.

We are, Batman, we are.

I VPN to my network for it.

Plus some time for credits

Not really. About 55 percent of the power today came from renewables.

I have zero things Apple. Does it need Apple stuff to work? And is Jellyfin available?

Do you have a Roku? Mine is losing its mind that it can’t phone home, and all those ad settings are off.

Yeah sounds about right. But we have really cheap power, something like 7 or 8 cents per kwh (US). Not sure why, lots of wind I guess.

Wow that’s… Pricey. What is your kWh cost?