Any PC Builders Out There?

During benchmarks over the last year or so, I've noticed voltage and temp spikes on my 13600K. When I say spike, I mean it'll run consistently throughout an entire benchmark and for a split second, will spike in both voltage and temperature that lasts a mere second.

Had it for awhile now, a year and a half or so, and I've ignored it because who benchmarks often?

Well, this explains shit -

https://youtu.be/OVdmK1UGzGs?si=GdCgCR6RAbQECKzk

I'm betting I have one of these chips and I'm wondering if the sudden closure of my CAD program (when it's fully loaded up) is due to instability that occurs at random.

It'll happen maybe once a week or so, very rarely but it does happen when it shouldn't.

 

Nothing escapes the gaze of Tech Jesus. That sucks, man. So, your issue could be either the oxidation or the microcode, or even both. I think Intel just screwed up a bit in mentioning the 2 issues together. They should be able to say that 13th gen CPUs in a certain date range may have oxidation issues and just replace them. And anyone that wants a refund or post-microcode update replacement on a 14th gen should have a way to request that. There really is no way to tell if a voltage spike has damaged the CPU - Intel can't say that it is fine internally without extensive analysis.

This is going to be a huge problem with OEM's, though. Think about all the corporate notebooks . . . My work laptop has a 12th gen, whew.

 

That's why Intel won't commit to anything. They don't want to pay for a recall, which is really the option they need go look at.

 

Going to look at this Tuesday, my brother in law and I have been wanting to do some home server stuff and this guy have multiple or the 420’s, upgrades look relatively cheap and we don’t have very intensive stuff to do so I think this is a cheap way to dip our toes in.

Anything in particular to look out for when we go to look at them?

 

A welcome update on the whole Intel gig

https://youtu.be/ZRJaF2ky9CE?si=c8eKZXD1iKP4rTIs&t=561

In short, boxed CPU's get their warranty extended.

Tray users are currently fucked.

 

Saw that, but I wonder how they are dealing with OEM's, which is probably a much bigger population of CPUs. Intel doing layoffs, now Dell doing layoffs, all supposedly unrelated, but you gotta wonder.

 

Anyone in here a Linux user? I recall watching a video that talked about Linux software (3 different pieces I believe) that allow you to wishlist movies, Tv shows, and audio books and it will add them to your library as they become available. Anyone happen to know what software they may have been talking about?

 

As the Linux topic appears, (sorry 95 taco I can say nothing to your post)

But

Not long ago my ANCIENT Linux box crapped the bed. A Lenovo desk top from the age of eho knows when.

Anyway. I need a replacement. I've been running Windoz 7 on this Dell Lap top too long and i
Would like to get back to Ubuntu .

BUT

I have NOT Kept up on what is what since thumb drives got popular/ (Never underestimate the bandwidth of a VW bus filled with floppy discs heading west!;-)

I see some very small boxes that "seem" to do it all.

I still need to have a regular Monitor,keyboard and mouse (USB) And plug in a microsope etc.
Mostly the need is e-mail and web browsing without a lot of trash stuff going on. I'm NOT a gamer.

Anyone got a box kicking around that is "modern" and Linux friendly?

 

Not Linux specifically but sounds possibly similar to Sonarr and Radarr for movies and TV. I know there are audio book ones out there but dont know the name. The "arr" is sort of family of programs so might be one with them. But those work linux or windows (note youd still need a way to download them)

 

Yeah, I just checked the apps list on my Unraid box, looks like radarr might do what @95 taco wants. There's also bazarr which says it is a companion app to sonarr and radarr. Readarr seems to be for books.

 

https://lidarr.audio/ Is for audio files but I have no clue if it works with audio books.

 

Yep, those are it!
I’m gonna have to look into those deeper.

 

Screenshot from the Plex group I’m a member of. As a long time life member (Plex Pass) I really recommend you check it out as it’s a front end as it’s really slick.
https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/

 

I'm late to the party, but make sure all the drive cages are included. Anything proprietary is killer expensive on rack servers.

 

Drive cages are present and accounted for, been fooling with it (it had Ubuntu server pre-loaded) and tried to load standard Ubuntu onto it because I’m not good with command line only, I think I crashed it, trying to get the drives wiped so I can fresh-install but they’re SAS and not SATA (simple mistake on my end) so my USB HDD cage won’t work to format the drives off of my desktop. So I’m really just screwing around at this point.

 

Wanted to swap out the Realtek WiFi for an Intel WiFi chip. Never thought I'd have to use a drill on a laptop. This screw seems to be over-tightened from the factory, and stripped easily! Reverse drill bit to the rescue. And tons of air to make sure no random metal bits shorted anything.

 

Built my first Threadripper. 7970X (32 physical cores) and performs well per core (Passmark single-thread rating 4146). 256GB ECC DDR5 in an Asus Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE MB. Been hammering for a month with perfect stability. Would definitely use this MB again and it is surprisingly quiet with Noctua air cooling given TDP is 350W. The Asus BMC/iKVM works well without much Googling. No need for water cooling for quietness near desk.

 

Almost finished with my second build now. I am about to pull the trigger on a 4080 Super for a GPU and be done. What is the used PC market look like? Facebook Marketplace? Specific PC websites? I definitely didn't know a ton going into the first build and had a tight budget so it's nothing fancy; also build in 2020 when the GPU market was insane which didn't help. Works well for games and would be a great started computer for somebody. Build specs on the original build below with my prices years ago:

Motherboard MSI B450 Plus -- 105
CPU Ryzen 7 2700X -- 242
CPU Cooler Noctua NH-D155 -- 100
CPU Fans Corsair AF Series -- 40
Memory GSkills Ripsaw V Series 16gig -- 75
Memory GSkills Ripsaw V Series 16gig -- 100
Storage Samsung 860 EVO 1TB SSD -- 100
GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 -- 400
Case Fractal Designs Meshify -- 82
Power Supply Seasonic S12111 500W 80+ -- 60
TOTAL 1304

What should I expect to get back for the computer price wise too?

Thanks guys!

 

I'd just keep the PC, repurpose it or give it to someone that could use it

There are so many used PC's flooding the market, and prices are all over the price because they're pricing it versus what they paid (and some people overspend)

 

Like someone said, you may as well keep those parts. The CPU and GPU are low-mid their at best for gaming now. Depending on your local market, it might fetch you somewhere between 300-600. The risk of scams is also pretty high.