So I've got an oldish 6x6tb raidz2 pool which is around 90% full, which I understand isn't very good. I just ordered 6x8tb drives to expand it by adding another raidz2 vdev. Is that a good plan given the how full the current vdev is or would I be better off making a fresh pool, moving the data to it, and then using the old set of 6tb drives to expand the new pool.
My use case is a home NAS for movies, pictures, etc... I'm running TrueNAS Scale. I have a 30 drive server chassis with 128gb ECC RAM and Intel Xeon CPUs; it's overkill for my needs but I got a killer deal on it.

Good evening all, hope you’re having a nice Sunday!
Here’s my doubt: I’ve been putting together a Retro machine for myself and I’m in the final stages, and testing dual booting 98 and XP.
However, when I try to install 98 first and then XP second, I’m met with a blinking cursor of death. I’ve tried install XP both from within 98 and from DOS and it always ends up the same. But if I install both individually it seems to works just fine? I’m very confused here.
For the record these are my specs:
ASRock 775Dual-VSTA BIOS: v3.10
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700
1GB [email protected]
GeForce 7600GS
Creative SoundBlaster Live 5.1
I’m trying to install both on the same drive, and would prefer that if possible. Currently testing on a 30GB IDE. I’ve tried both making separate partitions and not, same result.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Edit: Title is supposed to say “dual boot” but phone auto-correct disagreed.

SIMPLE DOCKER FULL OS

create create very simple docker full os but it needs very complex steps

1. install gnu linux for host os ex= debian stable
2. install docker in host os sh sudo apt install docker* docker-compose*
3. pull docker gnu linux os for docker linux os ex= kali linux rolling sh sudo docker pull kalilinux/kali-rolling
4. make audio fix (pulse audio fix) before start the dcoker image
   • create file named pulseaudio.socket in /home/usepulse
   • in that file write this text and save

```text default-server = unix://home/usepulse/pulseaudio.socket

Prevent a server running in the container

autospawn = no daemon-binary = /bin/true

Prevent the use of shared memory

enable-shm = false Share socket and config file with docker and set environment variables PULSE_SERVER and PULSE_COOKIE. Container user must be same as on host: ```

• run this comman in terminal sh pactl load-module module-native-protocol-unix socket=/home/usepulse/pulseaudio.socket
  1. check the docker image that we pull sh sudo docker images
  2. run the docker image with sh docker run -ti --device=/dev/dri:/dev/dri \ --privileged --cap-add=ALL --device /dev/snd \ --volume /dev:/dev -v /dev:/dev --group-add audio \ -v /varun/docker.sock:/host/varun/doc -v /:/media/prime \ --env PULSE_SERVER=unix:/home/usepulse/pulseaudio.socket \ --env PULSE_COOKIE=/home/usepulse/pulseaudio.cookie \ --volume /home/usepulse/pulseaudio.socket:/home/usepulse/pulseaudio.socket \ --volume /home/usepulse/pulseaudio.client.conf --publish=0.0.0.0:3351:3351 \ --publish=0.0.0.0:51:51 --group-add video --volume="/tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix" \ --env="DISPLAY" -e XAUTHORITY=/root/.Xauthority \ --name dockerfullos-001 imageid
  3. and the kali linux docker bash terminal with appears
  4. install apps that we need ```sh apt update apt full-upgrade -y apt install nano pulseaudio* neofetch vlc* smplayer* wget uget \ cairo-dock* alsa-utils* network-manager net-tools* \ cairo-dock-plug-ins* dbus dbus-x11 thunar* chromium* \ rofi* terminator* sudo kate* kwrite* geany* geany-plugin-addons* \ aptitude* qt5-style-kvantum-themes qt5-style-kvantum-l10n \ qt5-style-kvantum libreoffice krita* gimp* kdenlive* handbrake* yt-dlp* \ isomaster* k3b* apt-utils* git htop* compiz* compiz-boxmenu* compiz-plugins* \ compizconfig-settings-manager* emerald* emerald-themes* fusion-icon* simple-ccsm* \ usbutils* lxqt* bleachbit* nmap* xrpd* openssh-server openssh-client -y

for intel gpu

dpkg --add-architecture i386 && sudo apt update apt install libvulkan1 libvulkan1:i386 mesa-vulkan-drivers mesa-vulkan-drivers:i386 vulkan-tools* -y apt install wine64 lutris*

add root password

passwd

add user

adduser username usermod -aG sudo username 9. to save the container into image - open new terminal - check the container id sh sudo docker ps -a - save the container into docker image sh sudo docker container commit --pause=false id-container nama-image:label

example

sudo docker container commit --pause=false c092aa5afec0 kali-linux:kali-linux-docker-full-os ``` it is very complex steps and needs long time :), so please make official full os for us .thanks :)

simple use case for docker full os

docker full os can make better gaming expirence

because docker full os kali linux rolling (debian testing) have newer mesa driver than debian stable , so it make game in docker full os better. the step are : - run the ali-linux-docker-full-os sh sudo docker run -ti --device=/dev/dri:/dev/dri \ --privileged --cap-add=ALL --device /dev/snd \ --volume /dev:/dev -v /dev:/dev --group-add audio \ -v /varun/docker.sock:/host/varun/doc -v /:/media/prime \ --env PULSE_SERVER=unix:/home/usepulse/pulseaudio.socket \ --env PULSE_COOKIE=/home/usepulse/pulseaudio.cookie \ --volume /home/usepulse/pulseaudio.socket:/home/usepulse/pulseaudio.socket \ --volume /home/usepulse/pulseaudio.client.conf --publish=0.0.0.0:3351:3351 \ --publish=0.0.0.0:51:51 --group-add video --volume="/tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix" \ --env="DISPLAY" -e XAUTHORITY=/root/.Xauthority \ --name dockerfullos-001 imageid tipe lutris - lutris will run in host os - setting the lutris and play the game :)

docker full os can sutitude the vm

because docker full os is a native os like chroot so it has a native performance like the host, how to do it ?, it very imple

method A, acces all docker full os apps from host

```sh

run the immage

sudo docker run -ti --device=/dev/dri:/dev/dri \ --privileged --cap-add=ALL --device /dev/snd \ --volume /dev:/dev -v /dev:/dev --group-add audio \ -v /varun/docker.sock:/host/varun/doc -v /:/media/prime \ --env PULSE_SERVER=unix:/home/usepulse/pulseaudio.socket \ --env PULSE_COOKIE=/home/usepulse/pulseaudio.cookie \ --volume /home/usepulse/pulseaudio.socket:/home/usepulse/pulseaudio.socket \ --volume /home/usepulse/pulseaudio.client.conf --publish=0.0.0.0:3351:3351 \ --publish=0.0.0.0:51:51 --group-add video --volume="/tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix" \ --env="DISPLAY" -e XAUTHORITY=/root/.Xauthority \ --name dockerfullos-001 imageid ``` we can use rofi or cairo-dock to lunch the docker full os apps

• using rofi
  1. type rofi --show run
  2. select the apps ex =vlc
  3. vlc docker full os apps with run directly from the host os
  4. play some movies / videos / audio with that vlc :)
• using cairo-dock
  1. type cairo-dock
  2. cairo-dcok will launch to host os
  3. launch docker full os apps fro cairo-dock menu :)

method B, we can access full gui of docker full os via xrdp

how to do it 1. run the docker image sh sudo docker run -ti --device=/dev/dri:/dev/dri \ --privileged --cap-add=ALL --device /dev/snd \ --volume /dev:/dev -v /dev:/dev --group-add audio \ -v /varun/docker.sock:/host/varun/doc -v /:/media/prime \ --env PULSE_SERVER=unix:/home/usepulse/pulseaudio.socket \ --env PULSE_COOKIE=/home/usepulse/pulseaudio.cookie \ --volume /home/usepulse/pulseaudio.socket:/home/usepulse/pulseaudio.socket \ --volume /home/usepulse/pulseaudio.client.conf --publish=0.0.0.0:3351:3351 \ --publish=0.0.0.0:51:51 --group-add video --volume="/tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix" \ --env="DISPLAY" -e XAUTHORITY=/root/.Xauthority \ --name dockerfullos-001 imageid

1. edit the xrpd config in that docker full os sh nano /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini # change to port to the open port 3351 # it will make the xrdp ip 127.0.0.1:3351 # restart xrdp server service xrdp restart # start pulse audio pulseaudo --start
2. install kdrc (rdp client) in host os
3. conect the xrdp using kdrc with the xrpd ip

```text

kdc setting

screen setting = 1024x800 audio = in this computer --- pulse audio 32bit color :) ``` 5. enjoy :) we can use docker full os with full gui in krdc :)

docker full os can use for simple cloud computing / cloud gaming

how to do it ?, it very easy 1. run the docker image, we can run multiple docker full image in single server - terminal 1 ```sh sudo docker run -ti --device=/dev/dri:/dev/dri \ --privileged --cap-add=ALL --device /dev/snd \ --volume /dev:/dev -v /dev:/dev --group-add audio \ -v /varun/docker.sock:/host/varun/doc -v /:/media/prime \ --env PULSE_SERVER=unix:/home/usepulse/pulseaudio.socket \ --env PULSE_COOKIE=/home/usepulse/pulseaudio.cookie \ --volume /home/usepulse/pulseaudio.socket:/home/usepulse/pulseaudio.socket \ --volume /home/usepulse/pulseaudio.client.conf --publish=0.0.0.0:3351:3351 \ --publish=0.0.0.0:51:51 --group-add video --volume="/tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix" \ --env="DISPLAY" -e XAUTHORITY=/root/.Xauthority \ --name dockerfullos-001 imageid

change xrdp and ssh port accordingly :)

how to change ssh port

nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

change the port to 51

- terminal 2 sh sudo docker run -ti --device=/dev/dri:/dev/dri \ --privileged --cap-add=ALL --device /dev/snd \ --volume /dev:/dev -v /dev:/dev --group-add audio \ -v /varun/docker.sock:/host/varun/doc -v /:/media/prime \ --env PULSE_SERVER=unix:/home/usepulse/pulseaudio.socket \ --env PULSE_COOKIE=/home/usepulse/pulseaudio.cookie \ --volume /home/usepulse/pulseaudio.socket:/home/usepulse/pulseaudio.socket \ --volume /home/usepulse/pulseaudio.client.conf --publish=0.0.0.0:3352:3352 \ --publish=0.0.0.0:52:52 --group-add video --volume="/tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix" \ --env="DISPLAY" -e XAUTHORITY=/root/.Xauthority \ --name dockerfullos-002 imageid

change xrdp and ssh port accordingly :)

- terminal 3 sh sudo docker run -ti --device=/dev/dri:/dev/dri \ --privileged --cap-add=ALL --device /dev/snd \ --volume /dev:/dev -v /dev:/dev --group-add audio \ -v /varun/docker.sock:/host/varun/doc -v /:/media/prime \ --env PULSE_SERVER=unix:/home/usepulse/pulseaudio.socket \ --env PULSE_COOKIE=/home/usepulse/pulseaudio.cookie \ --volume /home/usepulse/pulseaudio.socket:/home/usepulse/pulseaudio.socket \ --volume /home/usepulse/pulseaudio.client.conf --publish=0.0.0.0:3353:3353 \ --publish=0.0.0.0:53:53 --group-add video --volume="/tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix" \ --env="DISPLAY" -e XAUTHORITY=/root/.Xauthority \ --name dockerfullos-002 imageid

change xrdp and ssh port accordingly :)

```

each docker full os will run natively and independenly

we can acces it from the ost os with ip localhost:xrdp post (127.0.0.1:3351) with kdrc client :), we can also accest in from diffierent gnu linux computer in the same lan / wifi local network with the ip from host os that give by the router explampe 192.168.43.1 etc and xrdp port :) with kdrc

exaample xrdp

dockerfullos-001 = 192.168.43.1:3351 dockerfullos-002 = 192.168.43.1:3352 dockerfullos-003 = 192.168.43.1:3353

example of ssh

dockerfullos-001 = 192.168.43.1:51 dockerfullos-002 = 192.168.43.1:52 dockerfullos-003 = 192.168.43.1:53 enjoy the docker full os for cloud computing :), all the apps fro docker full os will run natively in kdrc in the client compuputer :), for gaming we can use emulator (ps1, ps2, psp, mame etc) , steam , lutris, wine etc :)

wine / lutris fix

wine / lutris sometime will error in docker full os, how to fix it 1. open lutris 2. setting the game with lutris 3. in the game menu , select wine regristry 4. edit the hcu ----- wine 5. add key X11 DRIVER 6. add string "UseXVidMode"="N" 7. add string UseXVidMode ----- edit the VALUE to N 8. add string "UseXRandR"="N" 9. add string UseXRandR ----- edit the VALUE to N 10. close wine
thanks :)

License

This text use creative common license

First, I'm not a builder. I learn as I go and up to right now, I'm stuck. I should start by explaining what originally happened that led me here..... This is a Legion T5 28IMB05 equipped with 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7-10700 Eight-Core and a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super. I bought this about a year and a half ago and from day 1 it had weird issues like on boot up it would sometimes say, no operating system found. A couple of on and offs and poof, it would start up.
But most recently, my young son was playing a game and he said the computer shut down. I tried starting it up and nothing would happen. Literally, nothing, no light no sound no power at all. I checked the usual suspects and eventually got to the point of pulling the power supply and using the paperclip test and it passed. So I took that PSU from the Legion, popped it into an old IBM I had (so old in fact it came with Vista.....) and it turned on. So then I took the IBM PSU and plugged it into the Legion (I only plugged in the 24 pin connector and a 4 pin at the top left of the mobo (I'm new to this and have no idea what that powers.....) and it seemed to start up fine in that the fans spun up and the lighting system started pulsing as it always did (but not the fan on the heat sink). OK, so I took the Legion PSU and put it back into the Legion and it turned on! Well, the lights and fans did. But again, I only plugged in the 4 pin at the top left (says ATX3 on the board there?) and the 24 pin. So then I took the components one by one and started plugging them all back in, to see if it would continue to run.....
I first plugged in the SATA drive for the HDD and it started fine.
Then I plugged in the GPU and again, started up fine. Mind you, no monitor is plugged in at this point.
SOoI then moved on to what I think was the last thing to plug in. There is an 8 pin connector, top left, that is just to the right of the 4 pin. It also says ATX-something on the mobo but is being blocked by the heat sink I believe so I can't read it all.
Now my issue: the connectors I have from the Legion PSU are not at all labeled. There are two 4-pins that together can fit into that 8 pin (and the only others that make up 8 pins are one connector with 2 pins and another with 6 pins but I can't see that they would align at all into the 8 pin socket so I assume it isn't those). Anyway, I plugged in the two 4 pins and the computer started, the fans started AND the fan on the heat sink but now with a monitor plugged in, there is no signal coming to the monitor. The last thing I will mention is that there was a funny smell coming from the boot up when those final two 4 pins were connected.
I can't figure out what is bad here. The mobo? The GPU? Something else? Any suggestions would help a lot, from explaining what those connectors are, to any ideas on what has failed. FYI< I did take this PC first to a local repair shop that has very high ratings and the guy apparently looked at it and said, it's fried, and not worth fixing (I wasn't there so I have no idea how he made that assertion).
EDIT: here are pics, hope this is allowed?
https://imgur.com/a/BsWD3Mx
https://imgur.com/a/BOy69OO
https://imgur.com/a/bjFuRBy
​
​
Thanks!

What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games or programs you will be using.

My last build unfortunately died last night, the motherboard gave out and while I can find a replacement for a i5-4690k its definitely time to enter 2023 and start mostly from scratch again. Main uses for the build will be gaming with Football Manager my most played game but also quite a fair bit of Microsoft Flight Simulator & the upcoming boxing game Undisputed which is in early access. Ideally I'd like a top end machine that'll last quite a while and can be upgraded consistently.
I've been looking at the following benchmarking for Football Manager which suggests that I'm looking at Ryzen 9 or Intel i9 for the top performance from the processor. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12vp32qrHivL-_auW9D0pp-F7ZvrvQlqtBgfcSOL8n5I/edit#gid=653803864
I also work from home as a developer using code and have need for multiple chrome tabs open as well as large spreadsheets & SQL databases if this makes much difference.

What is your maximum budget before rebates/shipping/taxes?

I'll be able to spend around £1000-£1500.

When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Note: beyond a week or two from today means any build you receive will be out of date when you want to buy.

Immediately

What, exactly, do you need included in the budget? (ToweOS/monitokeyboard/mouse/etc)

Tower w/o GFX (already have 2070) and I have a PSU (AX760i) if it works still for this build.

Which country (and state/province) will you be purchasing the parts in? If you're in US, do you have access to a Microcenter location?

United Kingdom

If reusing any parts (including monitor(s)/keyboard/mouse/etc), what parts will you be reusing? Brands and models are appreciated.

I think I might be able to salvage some parts from my previous build but would like some advice. I currently have a 2070 card which I'm looking to keep for now and not include a new GFX as part of the build. Hopefully I'll also be able to use my AX760 Corsair PSU with this build, although if things have moved on that much I'm willing to buy a new PSU.

Will you be overclocking? If yes, are you interested in overclocking right away, or down the line? CPU and/or GPU?

Down the line I would be interested in Overclocking, I did some basic on my last machine, mainly CPU. I did some mild overclocking with my last i5 processor but its not a massive need to do, ideally I'd like a machine that's newer and supports upgrading in the future so the latest MOBO socket/DDR5 is what I'm looking at but I've not kept track of how PC building has moved on since I built my last machine.

Are there any specific features or items you want/need in the build? (ex: SSD, large amount of storage or a RAID setup, CUDA or OpenCL support, etc)

I'm also not yet looking to upgrade monitors and will be using 2x 1080p monitors, in the future this is something I'll upgrade but for now looking at MOBO, RAM, Processor, SSD, Cooling & Case & anything else I've completely forgotten. WiFi and Bluetooth would be nice on the MOBO but I'll ethernet in most likely anyway to the machine. The last machine was watercooled with Corsair H100 but I'm not bothered about watercooling again unless it makes too much sense these days.

What type of network connectivity do you need? (Wired and/or WiFi) If WiFi is needed and you would like to find the fastest match for your wireless router, please list any specifics.

WiFI included but I'll wire it via ethernet as well, WiFI incase I decide to move house/room and need to connect.

Do you have any specific case preferences (Size like ITX/microATX/mid-towefull-tower, styles, colors, window or not, LED lighting, etc), or a particular color theme preference for the components?

Would be nice to have a glass sided case as those seem to be popular these days. Not overly bothered about RGB. Would like the build to look neat inside with not many visible wires so a case to hide is nice.

Do you need a copy of Windows included in the budget? If you do need one included, do you have a preference?

Yes, windows 11 unless I can upgrade from my old SSD which is still working.

Extra info or particulars:

Here's what I put together using PCPartPicker as a test
PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 4.5 GHz 16-Core Processor	£516.19 @ Amazon UK
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black 55 CFM CPU Cooler	£79.95 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard	£209.99 @ AWD-IT
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory	£159.01 @ Newegg UK
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive	£135.00 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC 3X GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB Video Card	-
Case	Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case	£82.99 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply	Corsair RM1000x (2021) 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	£169.00 @ Computer Orbit
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1352.13
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-06-04 14:00 BST+0100

Hello,
Looking to get some price checks on a few servers.

1. SuperMicro SYS-5018R-MR x2
   1. CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2650v4
   2. RAM: 128GB DDR4 ECC
   3. Drives: NULL
   4. NIC: i350-t4
2. SuperMicro CSE512-200B x1
   1. CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1240 V2 @ 3.40GHz
   2. RAM: 8GB of DDR3 ECC
   3. Drives: NULL
   4. NIC: i350-t4
3. Dell R720 w/ 8x 3.5" bays
   1. CPU 2x Intel Xeon E5-2660v2
   2. RAM: 128GB of DDR3 ECC
   3. Drives: NULL
   4. NIC: 4 port Gig Broadcomm Daughterboard
4. Dell R220
   1. CPU: E3-1270v3
   2. RAM: 16gb of DDR3 ECC
   3. Drives: 2x1TB Seagate Rebranded Dell Drives
   4. NIC: None (if it does have one it's the i350-t4)
5. Dell R220
   1. CPU: E3-1240Lv3
   2. RAM: 16gb of DDR3 ECC
   3. Drives: NULL
   4. NIC: None (if it does have one it's the i350-t4)

Laptops

1. Razer Blade 15 Base - 2021
   1. CPU: Intel Core i7-10750H
   2. RAM: 32GB of DDR4
   3. Drive: 500gb Samsung 970 Evo
   4. GPU: RTX 2060
2. Lenovo Yoga 730-13IKB
   1. CPU: Intel Core i5-8265U
   2. RAM: 8GB soldered DDR4
   3. Drive: 256GB NVME

Please let me know if I can get anything for these or if they are more a donation...looking to downsize as I am moving...
​
EDIT: I can probably include some 500GB Samsung 860 evos in these but IDK where they are and it's easier to just say NULL...also added laptops

I've had my ATX form factor pc now for many years but now I'm looking to make the switch over to ITX. This means most of my parts won't fit and I'm looking to sell them. What I'm wondering is if it's smarter to sell the whole system as a package or sell everything else besides the graphics card. (where I live I can easily sell the pc without a graphics card as well)
The parts in my current system are as follows:
Case: Be Quiet! Pure base 600
Motherboard: Aorus Pro Z390
CPU: Intel core i5-9600K
Ram: Gskill Ripjaws DDR4 3200 MHz 16 Gt
GPU: Asus Geforce Rtx 2060
AIO: Corsair Hydro series H80i v2
Fans: 3x Corsair LL120 RGB 120mm
I'm mostly playing League Of Legends if I play anything at all, and I know that game can pretty much run on a potato gpu. So, is it smarter to upgrade just the CPU since I need to buy a new motherboard anyways or is it smarter to just keep all the parts I have and just get an LGA 1151 socket itx motherboard, or is it smarter to just sell everything and build totally from scratch?

I've had my ATX form factor pc now for many years but now I'm looking to make the switch over to ITX. This means most of my parts won't fit and I'm looking to sell them. What I'm wondering is if it's smarter to sell the whole system as a whole I have now or sell everything else besides the graphics card. (where I live I can easily sell the pc without a graphics card as well) The parts in my current system are as follows: Case: Be Quiet! Pure base 600 Motherboard: Aorus Pro Z390 CPU: Intel core i5-9600K Ram: Gskill Ripjaws DDR4 3200 MHz 16 Gt GPU: Asus Geforce Rtx 2060 AIO: Corsair Hydro series H80i v2 Fans: 3x Corsair LL120 RGB 120mm I'm mostly playing League Of Legends if I play anything at all, and I know that game can pretty much run on a potato gpu. So, is it smarter to upgrade just the CPU since I need to buy a new motherboard anyways or is it smarter to just keep all the parts I have and just get an LGA 1151 socket itx motherboard, or is it smarter to just sell everything and build totally from scratch?

Hey everyone!
I just bought a refurbished rack server to replace my Synology DS920+ running some docker containers.
The server is a DL360 G7 with 2 Intel Xeon X5650, 36Gb DD3 and 4 HDD SAS 450Gb with a P410 SATA controller.
My use case would be to use docker in an automated gitops setup (Flux, local and external DNS setup, certs manager, etc).
What would be the best setup?
I was thinking in Proxmox with ZFS RAID 10 setup for PVE host and VMs OS. Then, for the k3s cluster, what would be the best storage setup? Can I still use my Synology NAS for that? I was thinking to create a Ceph iSCSI in Proxmox and just use that.
Or, would I be better off with a bare metal and no ProxMox? I don't need HA for any of the apps I'll run, so no real need for more than one k3s node, unless it's a completely stupid idea to use a single node.
While ProxMox would allow me to play with new VMs, I'm unsure whether I would really need that.

Dont know anything about building pc's here are the specs to the ones im gonna build please comment if theres any changes needed.
Specs:
Housing PCS MIDITOWER ARGB BODY PRISM TG BLACK
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™ i5 10-Core Processor i5-12600K (3.7GHz) 20MB Cache
motherboard ASUS® PRIME B760-PLUS D4 (LGA1700, PCIe5.0, USB 3.2)
random access memory 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (1 x 32GB)
graphic card 16GB AMD RADEON™ RX 6800 XT - HDMI, DP - DX® 12
graphics card holder PCS GRAPHICS HOLDER

1. M.2 SSD drive 1TB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 5000MB/W)

power adapter CORSAIR 750W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA-QUIET
PSU power cord 1 x Swiss power cord, 1.5 meters (SchuKo plug)
CPU cooler High performance CPU cooler from the FrostFlow 100 RGB V3 series
thermal paste STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR PROPER COOLING

Dont know anything about building pc's here are the specs to the ones im gonna build please comment if theres any changes needed.
Specs:
Housing PCS MIDITOWER ARGB BODY PRISM TG BLACK
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™ i5 10-Core Processor i5-12600K (3.7GHz) 20MB Cache
motherboard ASUS® PRIME B760-PLUS D4 (LGA1700, PCIe5.0, USB 3.2)
random access memory 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (1 x 32GB)
graphic card 16GB AMD RADEON™ RX 6800 XT - HDMI, DP - DX® 12
graphics card holder PCS GRAPHICS HOLDER

1. M.2 SSD drive 1TB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 5000MB/W)

power adapter CORSAIR 750W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA-QUIET
PSU power cord 1 x Swiss power cord, 1.5 meters (SchuKo plug)
CPU cooler High performance CPU cooler from the FrostFlow 100 RGB V3 series
thermal paste STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR PROPER COOLING

Dont know anything about building pc's here are the specs to the ones im gonna build please comment if theres any changes needed.
Specs:
Housing PCS MIDITOWER ARGB BODY PRISM TG BLACK
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™ i5 10-Core Processor i5-12600K (3.7GHz) 20MB Cache
motherboard ASUS® PRIME B760-PLUS D4 (LGA1700, PCIe5.0, USB 3.2)
random access memory 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (1 x 32GB)
graphic card 16GB AMD RADEON™ RX 6800 XT - HDMI, DP - DX® 12
graphics card holder PCS GRAPHICS HOLDER

1. M.2 SSD drive 1TB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 5000MB/W)

power adapter CORSAIR 750W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA-QUIET
PSU power cord 1 x Swiss power cord, 1.5 meters (SchuKo plug)
CPU cooler High performance CPU cooler from the FrostFlow 100 RGB V3 series
thermal paste STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR PROPER COOLING

so as title says, im keen to see gaming benchmarks for large HEDT cpu's by intel, against something like a 7800x3d. or 13700k. im not expecting it too blow them out of the water by any means but im interested in gauging the performance of Q1'2023 HEDT cpu's or even and AMD 5975WX vs gaming desktop cpus.
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because of the large multi channel bandwidth memory support, and multi access cache levels (i think its called Mesh caching) i would suspect these cpus to have fairly good Single core performance, making them quite good at pulling frames for the graphics card. especially the threadrippers large cache size, overclocking the single core boost speeds on these types of cpus, would effectively allow for a higher avg gaming FPS, possibly making them usefull for multiple generations, instead of us upgrading from as an example, a 3600x to a 5600x, to a 5800x3d to a 7800x3d just to achieve a 10-20% avg gaming performance boost, which i believe is tied to cache size (obviously) and single core performance and generation IPC for single core, for cpu fetch and delivery operations to the graphics card, memory instructions, etc.
if this is the case, that these cpus large memory bandwidth busses and cache's why dont we just move to HEDT and buy the cheapest of the lot in here, instead of buying 7950x's and 7800x3d's and upgrading them every year and selling your old stuff. sell the 7800x3d, buy the 8800x3d. OR just by an intel HEDT or amd Threadripper
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i feel as though intel and AMD are striking or removing gaming benchmakrs of these CPU's on the internet. because i cant find any.
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Oh, and if you have a 7800x3d, post up your OC results and ZT's. i saw some benchmarks with a 5800x3d with 4400mhz ram uncoupled from the IF and it pulls more frames every time you raise the memory frequency. but alas on ryzen 7000 after 6000mhz DDR, the uclock struggles and has to be divided by 2 of the mclock. so trying to pull more frames by locking Fclk and relying on the large cache instead of the memory latency is not feasable as the latency will be heavily retarted due to this Uclock limitation, as far as im aware anyway.

Hello,
TLDR: with clblast generation is 3x slower than just CPU. EDIT: Problem was solved. I didn't leave room for other stuff on the GPU.
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While my GPU is at 60% and VRAM used, the speed is low for guanaco-33B-4_1 about ~1 token/s. For a GPU like 6800 XT shouldn't I be able to squeeze out more?
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C:\Users\diaco\Downloads>koboldcpp.exe --useclblast 0 0 --gpulayers 50 --contextsize 2048 Welcome to KoboldCpp - Version 1.27 For command line arguments, please refer to --help Otherwise, please manually select ggml file: Attempting to use CLBlast library for faster prompt ingestion. A compatible clblast will be required. Initializing dynamic library: koboldcpp_clblast.dll ========== Loading model: C:\Users\diaco\Downloads\oobabooga_windows\oobabooga_windows\text-generation-webui\models\TheBloke_guanaco-33B-ggml\guanaco-33B.ggmlv3.q4_1.bin [Threads: 11, BlasThreads: 11, SmartContext: False] --- Identified as LLAMA model: (ver 5) Attempting to Load... --- System Info: AVX = 1 AVX2 = 1 AVX512 = 0 AVX512_VBMI = 0 AVX512_VNNI = 0 FMA = 1 NEON = 0 ARM_FMA = 0 F16C = 1 FP16_VA = 0 WASM_SIMD = 0 BLAS = 1 SSE3 = 1 VSX = 0 llama.cpp: loading model from C:\Users\diaco\Downloads\oobabooga_windows\oobabooga_windows\text-generation-webui\models\TheBloke_guanaco-33B-ggml\guanaco-33B.ggmlv3.q4_1.bin llama_model_load_internal: format = ggjt v3 (latest) llama_model_load_internal: n_vocab = 32000 llama_model_load_internal: n_ctx = 2048 llama_model_load_internal: n_embd = 6656 llama_model_load_internal: n_mult = 256 llama_model_load_internal: n_head = 52 llama_model_load_internal: n_layer = 60 llama_model_load_internal: n_rot = 128 llama_model_load_internal: ftype = 3 (mostly Q4_1) llama_model_load_internal: n_ff = 17920 llama_model_load_internal: n_parts = 1 llama_model_load_internal: model size = 30B llama_model_load_internal: ggml ctx size = 0.13 MB Platform:0 Device:0 - AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing with gfx1030 Platform:1 Device:0 - Intel(R) OpenCL HD Graphics with Intel(R) UHD Graphics 770 ggml_opencl: selecting platform: 'AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing' ggml_opencl: selecting device: 'gfx1030' ggml_opencl: device FP16 support: true CL FP16 temporarily disabled pending further optimization. llama_model_load_internal: mem required = 5747.63 MB (+ 3124.00 MB per state) llama_model_load_internal: [opencl] offloading 50 layers to GPU llama_model_load_internal: [opencl] total VRAM used: 15947 MB .................................................................................... llama_init_from_file: kv self size = 3120.00 MB Load Model OK: True Embedded Kobold Lite loaded. Starting Kobold HTTP Server on port 5001 Please connect to custom endpoint at http://localhost:5001 

Hi all! I'm not very experienced with building a pc, there's no friends who can help me with this nor any near shop where I live. My only option to upgrade my current pc is to buy a prebuilt one online atm.
My goal is to play at 1440p with a solid framerate of at least around 80 or above. Mainly focused on a heavily modded Skyrim modlist but also many incoming AAA games for at least the next 3-4 years.
I've been checking prices for a while in most sites in my country and here are some offers I consider decent, would love to hear some experienced opinions please :) Sorry for the big incoming list, the spoiler option just hide the text but is stil lhuge XD
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- Option 1 for 1769€: CPU: Intel Core i7-13700KF Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Turbo ARGB Motherboard: Gigabyte B760M-DS3H DDR4 GPU: RTX4070 Ti Gaming 12 GB GD6X (brand not specified so probably the cheapest one) RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600MHz 16 GB (2x8GB) Storage: WD Blue SN570 500GB M.2 PCIe NVMe (will replace with my current 1TB) PSU: Gigabyte Aorus Gp-AP850GM 850W 80 Plus Gold
- Option 2 for 1950€: CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Motherboard: Asus Prime X570-P (Socket AM4) RAM: 16GB DDR4 3200 MHz (Corsair, Kingston or XPG) GPU: Nvidia Geforce RTX 4070Ti 12GB (again not specified) Storage: SSD Samsung 980 1TB M.2 Nvme + HDD 4TB Seagate PSU: Asus 850W 80+ Gold Full Modular Cooling: Asus Tuf Gaming LC 120 aRGB
- Option 3 for 1578€: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite Socket AM4 RAM: 32GB DDR4 3200 Mhz (Corsair, Kingston or XPG) GPU: Nvidia RTX 4070Ti 12GB (Asus, MSI or Gigabyte) Storage: SSD Gigabyte 1Tb NVMe M.2 PSU: Gigabyte P750GM 750W 80+ Gold Cooling: Be Quiet! Pure Rock 2
- Option 4 for 1820€: GPU: Intel Core i7-13700K Motherboard: Gigabyte B760 Aorus Elite AX DDR5 RAM: 32GB DDR5 5200 Mhz (Corsair, Kingston or XPG) GPU: Nvidia Geforce RTX 4070Ti 12GB (Asus, MSI or Gigabyte) Storage: SSD WD BLUE 1TB NVME M.2 PSU: Gigabyte 750W 80 Plus GOLD Full Modular Cooling: NZXT Kraken Z63 RGB 280mm
- Option 5 for 1600€: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Motherboard: Asus Prime X570-P RAM: 16GB 3200Mhz DDR4 (not specified) GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4070Ti 12GB (Asus, MSI or Gigabyte) Storage: SSD Gigabyte 512GB (will replace with current 1TB)+ HDD Seagate 2TB PSU: Gigabyte 750W 80+ Gold Cooling: BeQuiet! Shadow Rock 3