You can do that but you will take a speed hit. Computers these days
will read the RAM in pairs for a speed increase. The testing in the
article below saw a 17.7% speed increase by using dual channel memory on
some loads.
https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/1349-ram-how-dual-channel-works-vs-single-channel
Brian Cluff
On 7/19/20 9:24 AM, Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss wrote:
My only suggestion on this machine is to use a 16gb stick, just so if
you ever decide you need more memory you won't have to replace the
smaller sticks. With 16gb sticks you can have 64gb total. If you ever
think you might like to have 128gb of memory the you could get a 32gb
memory stick.
On Sat, Jul 18, 2020, 9:29 AM Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
<plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org
<mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>> wrote:
Just an idea and ballpark cost.
On Sat, Jul 18, 2020, 6:11 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss
<plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org
<mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>> wrote:
yeah? I was planning on doing the enclosure thing powered
separately.
As for whether my USBs are 1 or 2 lshw|grep us seems to indicate I
only have USB2. But you know what they say.... play with what you
have!
*-usb:0
*-usbhost
bus info: usb@1
logical name: usb1
capabilities: usb-2.00
*-usb
bus info: usb@1:1
capabilities: usb-2.00
*-usb:1
*-usbhost
bus info: usb@2
logical name: usb2
capabilities: usb-2.00
*-usb
bus info: usb@2:1
capabilities: usb-2.00
*-usb:0
bus info: usb@2:1.4
capabilities: bluetooth usb-2.00
configuration: driver=btusb speed=12Mbit/s
*-usb:1
bus info: usb@2:1.7
capabilities: usb-2.00
*-usb:0
bus info: usb@2:1.7.2
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: driver=usbhid
maxpower=100mA
speed=2Mbit/s
*-usb:1
bus info: usb@2:1.7.3
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=usbhid
maxpower=98mA
speed=2Mbit/s
*-usb:2
bus info: usb@2:1.7.4
capabilities: usb-2.00 scsi emulated
scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
maxpower=100mA speed=480Mbit/s
On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 4:21 AM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
<plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org
<mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>> wrote:
>
> It's a good idea, however I don't think a NUC will have a
big enough
> power supply to support that many hard drives. If you could
get that
> many attached to it, it would probably cause the hard drive
to fail
> rather quickly on a NUC. You would need to get some sort of
external
> USB attached hard drive enclosure with it's own power supply
to make it
> work right. I would only do that if your NUC has USB3 and
the enclosure
> also is USB3. USB2 would just make your storage painfully
slow.
>
> An NVMe is a new kind of SSD that is essentially attached
directly to a
> mini PCIe port. Since it can be accessed at PCIe speeds it
isn't bottle
> necked by the SATA bus, so the read speeds are in gigabytes
per second.
> Or in other words it makes everything hard drive related happen
> instantly. Boot times are usually less that 2 to 3
seconds. Login
> times are virtually instant. When you first get one, you
will tell your
> computer to reboot and then wonder why al lt did was logout
until you
> realize that it completely shut down and rebooted to the
login screen in
> less time than your old computer could just logout.
>
> Brian Cluff
>
> On 7/18/20 12:35 AM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> > Thanks Brian. The hard drive is actually only 5yo with 2
years of use.
> > What is a NVMe? What do you think about what I';m thinking
about doing
> > with the NUC?
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 3:29 AM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
> > <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org
<mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>> wrote:
> >> You'll need RAM too... didn't see that in the list.
> >>
> >> I would also make sure that you get a motherboard that
has a place for
> >> at least 1 NVMe. Then I would recommend that you get at
least one
> >> NVMe. It doesn't have to be huge, but if you can put at
least your OS
> >> on the NVMe, it will make your whole machine feel 50
times faster than
> >> if you keep using a 10 year old hard drive.... Trust me,
it will be
> >> worth every cent to get it.
> >>
> >> I would also recommend getting an AMD machine right now.
You can get a
> >> whole lot more for your money right now with AMD.
> >>
> >> BTW What's the price range you are looking at spending?
> >>
> >> Brian Cluff
> >>
> >> On 7/17/20 11:11 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> >>> I think I figured out what I want to do..... I'm going
to buy a
> >>> chassis, motherboard, CPU, and power supply and then
frankenstein the
> >>> hard drive, the wireless card, and the video card from
the old machine
> >>> (got to do this as cheaply as I can). What else could I
frankenstein?
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 10:25 PM Michael
<bmi...@gmail.com <mailto:bmi...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>>> Wellp, I am going to do something I never have done
before..... I'm
> >>>> going to get a new computer. Well I think I'll have one put
> >>>> together.... I'll put it together. Where would go to
get a chassis and
> >>>> motherboard then I'll put all of the other guts in. Is
such an animal
> >>>> in existence?I thought of another NUC but they aren't
like what they
> >>>> were. Should I wait until black Friday and get a
windows machine in the sales?
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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