New Ryzen 9 5900X desktop build

Back in November my aging i7 6700K system built back in 2016 got updated, the new system is built around: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X CPU Asus ROG Strix B550-F motherboard Crucial Ballistix MAX 32GB DDR 4000 RAM* Artic Liquid Freezer II 280 CPU All-in-One watercooler MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING X TRIO NZXT H710 case NZXT C850 PSU It used my existing Sabrent 2TB NVME drive. *this was purchased prior to general availability and before difficulty in overclocking the FCLK became apparent....

Tuesday, 29 December 2020 · 1 min · Paul Smith

New Ryzen-based home server box

Back in May of this year I retired my old home server that I put together back in 2009. It was built around a small form factor Asus T3-P5G31 system with an Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 and 4GB of RAM. Running Microsoft’s original Windows Home Server and Small Business Server (running in a VM for Exchange), before being later upgraded to Windows Server 2012 Essentials. I decided this time I’d rather go for a more standard case for the new server, but I still wanted it small and compact, so I opted for a mini-ITX case (with 6 drive bays!...

Sunday, 29 November 2020 · 2 min · Paul Smith