Author: sherwin
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2020 Ryzen 3900X Quarantine Build
For many weeks now, there have been some discounts on the AMD Ryzen 3900X CPU. More than likely, the cause would be the Ryzen 3950X and possibly the release of the Threadripper 3000 series CPU. I’ve been bouncing bettween building a 2000 series Threadripper or Ryzen 9 3000 series. Even thoughts of Threadripper 3000 series.…
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It Took 2 Months to Get My Tesla Model 3
I placed my order for a Tesla Model 3 Long Range on October 19, 2019. Here’s what happened while waiting for the car. Here’s the video I made. New Owners Workshop After a few weeks, I received an invitation to attend a new owners workshop held at the dealership where I placed my order. If…
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I built an AMD Ryzen 2600 PC in 2019
Yes, the Ryzen 2000 series CPU was released in 2018. Why have I just built one in 2019?
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Not A Fan of Dell Inspiron 7386
Recently, a deal came out for the Dell Inspiron 7386. I bought it from Dell but here’s a Best Buy product page if you want to check out how it looks and see the specs. On paper, the specs are impressive. Intel i7-8565U 16GB DDR4 2400MHz ram (soldered, not upgradable) 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD…
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Surface Pro 6
Every year during back to school time (July to September), stores would have great deals on laptops and mobile devices. This year was no exception. One of the best deals I’ve seen this year is the Microsoft Surface Pro 6. Costco is currently offering a price discount plus they will include both keyboard and pen.…
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Storage Expansion on NAS
It’s that time again to expand my storage capacity on my Synology NAS. This is not my first time. You can check out my post when I last expanded my storage. Recently, I swapped out my 8x 4TB NAS set up with 8TB drives. With the 4TB drives, I set up a RAID6 where 6…
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My Dell Inspiron is Dying
My Dell Inspiron is a little over 3 years old and it’s already dying. First the fan. I love how Dell checks many different hardware during POST. It tried to detect the CPU fan and failed. From what I’ve noticed, this check only happens when the CPU is heating up. So when I rebooted after…
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Goodies from Amazon Prime Day 2019
Amazon has an annual sale event they call Prime Day. It’s kind of like Black Friday in the summer. But just like any annual sales event, the deals are less and less – or is it because many of us already have a lot of things we’ve purchased from past sales that we assume the…