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I have the Bequiet 300w and all I can say is that it has been working fine for about 18 months . Powering a 2500K and a Gtx960 with 8Gb of DDR7 +1ssd .. no signs of any problems at all. the 2500k is at stock speeds. not noisy , but only a six pin gfx card connector .(iirc) Might try using it...

Thank you for sharing some solid facts and figures. M2000 gfx card? I keep all my stuff in-house in 1080p or less .. with the very odd exception ..I encode everything in h264 .12tb , 50% full , will do for 2++ years I tried h265 but the increased coding times (x5+) were untenable. . And it was...

What is tautulli scripting ?? How much does *your* cloud storage cost ??(pittance?) I would suspect many people would worry about leaving their stuff online , and many would not have access to a fast cheap symetrical connection. I like hevc but its a v. very heavy to encode and quite cpu...

Xpenology on Gen8 does work great BUT of course it isnt windows / I moved back to w10 as I had a Tv tuner that only had W10 drivers and software. But really W10 does great as a fileserver/plex machine/web browser . I did have some issues with xpenology and plex , re plex stopped working on my...

I wouldnt touch unraid witha Baaaaaaarrrrggggee Pole . Stick with what you have (and know), as much as poss. That 8.99 cooler may be rated at 95w (No, never ) but it would not be acceptable in either noise or temps. For quiet fans yes, its boring, but Noctua wins. Why go M-atx when m-itx wins...

paypal make nearly all their money on "holding" your money. But it does make sense, as you could be sending out sacks of potatoes instead of Ipads

I wouldnt buy a synology without at least an I3 inside ... too puny. Your build does seem overkill 8gb ram, i3 (4 core) is enough for a plex server. Some way of using the ssd to speed up the HDD's *like fuzedrive* would be nice. Is this on 24/7? if so consider a re-purposed laptop or NUC with a...

i WASNT talking or including transcoding abilitys. A 2200g in itx case with four bays would be very nice, but , would it beat the microserver (after rebate, when it was available , approx £110 ) it would cost at least double that , and whwn you throw in a good quality gold sfx and noctua fans ...

Any cheap half height card will do the job , I went out and paid about £55 for a AMD r3 230 ... didnt really use it, and might bring it all back into service as a media box running windows/plex. Sitting idle at the moment , wondering whether this box is quieter or louder than old PC running...

To add to this : I have an itx case, i5-8600k and it was running a small intel stock cooler. Now fitted with Noctua NHdx65 BUT have a gamemax iceberg 120 ... which is going to give me the best cooling? If the Iceberg 120 is not going to give me better temps and/or lower noise I wont bother even...

My eyes are worse than they should be ? too much wonking I suppose .. However I would say go down the Big Tv route.. I now surf the web on a nUc connected to a 43 sony TV and its great only 1080p but no need for anything better. The integrated graphics (intel) handles the screen just fine. One...

As long as you are using a single cpu and a single GFX card that PSU should be well up to the task. That was quite a high end PSU when it came out iirc so should stand the test of time better than cheaper models. The new GFX cards appear to require a slight increase in (approx 10%+) power. I...

Antec earthwatts ... a really good supply .. just seemed to ooze quality. With an old supply isnt there some probability of incompatibility with haswell ++ and sleep mode ? i.e the cpu draws sp little power the system shuts itself down?? iirc

Some stuff goes up in value , not just paintings, but sometimes people need to replace like with like on old kit .. how much is DDR3 worth now ? 2x4gb ddr3 1866mhz low profile?

I wouldnt have been happy to receive that , but even as it posted etc I wouldn't be sure of its long term reliability as , somebody pointed out, possible LN2 "suicide run" could have shortened the life somewhat .

Everything you are saying sounds likes its related to your network , that could either be your internal network or your internet connection. You should try running some stress tests on your PC with it disconnected from the internet. EG AIDA64 .. run it for 4 or 5 hours , if everything seems fine...

Why do you need extra video cards at all , as one good card can easily drive three displays (or more) not sure what diffdiff is ? Cheap 2nd hand laptop for each (child) may be better ?

I'm surprised at your choices g4560 ..gtx1070..Seasonic 750w still, each to their own. The (case) fractal Nano S is very well reviewed and is able to fit a fair amount of stuff , is also noise suppressed which should help , BUT iirc its not that small considering its an ITX case (reasonably...

Seasonic do a 300w flextronic size ..You could try for a hdplex 400w much smaller BUT a lot more expensive . I like the look of them and they are well reviewed but I checked and £80 (for brick and pico-psu) for 160w ..which might suit me, so 400w might be £130+ ... very space saving ...

Alternatively : you could upgrade your existing rig with an fx8320 and a better GPU gtx1060 or gtx1070 ? You will get much better longevity (out of your existing setup) and spend less money. You know your existing components are good (hmm ??) maybe add more memory too. there will be very few no...