Tech – MHLoppy

PC of Theseus v2

MHLoppy — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 13:18:04 +0000

Quoting Wikipedia, “the Ship of Theseus is a thought experiment about whether an object that has had all of its original components replaced remains the same object.” The PC of Theseus is a system that had almost all of its components replaced, and we just gave it another round of upgrades to dial the existentialism …

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Chris’ “Gaming+” Build v2

MHLoppy — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 12:53:44 +0000

Chris’ system from December 2014 had — performance-wise — been un-upgraded for its life, and after a full eight year service life, the sales around Black Friday were a good time to do a full rebuild. Back in 2014, the exact meaning of the “+” in “Gaming+” was very poorly defined. In the ~8 years …

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Michael’s Gaming PC v2

MHLoppy — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 09:43:00 +0000

In December of 2016 I helped Michael put together a build I dubbed The Silent Whisper: a high-end gaming PC that had SPCR-level acoustics. Towards the end of 2022, Michael was looking to upgrade the entire system, so I put on my PC building hat once more and gave him a hand. The usage of …

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Bonus: A Quick Look at Next-gen Image Formats (JPEG XL etc)

MHLoppy — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 08:49:21 +0000

Checking these out seemed like a natural extension of reviewing my video/audio settings, so I figured I’d do a quick write-up on what I learnt. This is part of The Big 2022 PC and NAS Upgrade. 30 years of JPEG The JPEG image format was first released in 1992, and for some reason …

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PC/NAS Upgrade: Re-Evaluating Video and Audio Encoding in OBS and Vegas

MHLoppy — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 08:49:11 +0000

Phase 1 of my big upgrade/migration project was a good chance to reevaluate my recording/rendering settings, so as here’s an extra write-up relating to that. This is part of The Big 2022 PC and NAS Upgrade. Quick definitions Feel free to skip this bit if you know what the bold terms mean. A video …

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PC/NAS Upgrade: OS Reinstall, 71TB of Storage, and Setting up an Unraid NAS

MHLoppy — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 08:49:07 +0000

Also known as the part where we fix all of the storage and storage-related things. Primary storage: 1TB SATA SSD -> 2TB NVMe SSD Secondary storage (data): 2x3TB -> 4+1x4TB parity array Secondary storage (backup): 2x3TB -> NAS NAS: doesn’t -> exists OS: fucked -> not This is part of The Big 2022 PC and …

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The Big 2022 PC and NAS Upgrade

MHLoppy — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 08:49:05 +0000

Over time, my main PC has been increasingly struggling to meet my needs, largely relating to dated CPU/GPU, lack of storage space, and low data resilience. This very extended project aims to fix most of that while also including the broad outlines for future upgrade plans. The before times For the past few years I …

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26 Months Later: My Dad’s PC Build (July/August 2020)

MHLoppy — Sat, 08 Aug 2020 09:20:52 +0000

At the end of last year, I documented the never-built parts list for my dad’s PC. Now, nearly 26 months since the original parts list request, that system has finally been purchased and assembled – and at just about the worst possible time. September 2020 Update: It’s been brought to my attention that Thaiphoon burner …

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Nick’s Gaming PC 2: Electric Boogaloo

MHLoppy — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:00:46 +0000

Back in April of this year, Nick — who I helped with a gaming PC back in 2014 — was looking for a new system to get him a step up in performance. His old system was going to be given away / sold, so simply upgrading that was not in the cards. The new …

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Systems I’ve Helped Build – Part 0: Introduction

MHLoppy — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 07:45:02 +0000

A brief history For me, a history of building systems began before I’d ever technically “built a system”. Note: despite being published in 2019, this was actually written primarily in 2017. I had wanted to release it alongside part 1, which unfortunately got caught in “people not responding to questions” limbo. During high school, I …

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