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@kim533 said:

Yes, it is possible to place the router in the computer room and connect the ONT to it through the PLC adapters, as PLC devices simply transmit Ethernet traffic and do not interfere with the network protocols used between the ONT and router. As long as your ISP does not require a direct physical connection for a specific setup, the router should establish the internet connection normally. However, keep in mind that the stability and speed of the connection will depend on the quality of your home's electrical wiring and the PLC adapters. Since your internet plan is 300 Mbps, using the PLC link between the ONT and router should generally work well, although a direct Ethernet cable would still provide the best reliability and performance.

Thanks! It's been a while since this thread, but honestly, I'm in the same situation as before because I left it aside and didn't test anything. Maybe I'll run some tests next week since I'll be tidying up the computer room soon.

@cobito Thanks for the reply. Well, let's wait until we can get concrete numbers so we can draw conclusions. Without concrete data, we can't do that. But as mentioned, it's very little, so given what you're telling me, we'll have to wait. We'll continue as we are and evaluate based on real, verifiable data.

Last night, the hard drive on the Ryzen 9 9900X failed miserably. That left us without the forum or translations all day. It's been a disaster. I've spent about 10 hours getting everything back up and running, which involved finding a working hard drive, installing the system, and trying to recover the forum's database from the dead drive. It was impossible to recover the database, so I had to fall back on a backup from Saturday. That means any threads and crossposts created since then are lost.

For now, our bots (Smith and HIAL-9000) are offline. I need to get the entire AI infrastructure back online, which will be a slow process, so it'll be ready either today or tomorrow.

They can even be downloaded from the same website if you prefer to play locally, either via emulation or on real hardware.

@pos_yo said:

@_Neptunno_ I played it back in the day. I even made a sort of tutorial to install it on Linux (it's even easier now).

I really liked it, and regarding the DLCs (I picked them up back then with Epic Store points), they're fine but nothing groundbreaking. The main game is definitely the best part.

@_Neptunno_ said:

• Remedy's "trippy moments":

The "musical" part is one of the best of those trippy moments...

Look, personally I really liked the musical theme, but we have to admit it's a pretty trippy thing, hehe. But the cinema part??... where they just slap a kind of real movie on the screen... damn, that's complete madness!

Regarding the DLC, you put my mind at ease; I already had the feeling I wouldn't be missing out on much. I wouldn't mind playing it, but I'm not about to pay that much money for something so short; in the end, the only thing you do if you play along is encourage them to keep up these practices and spoil them

@pos_yo I hadn't remembered the thread you started back then! 2023, when the game had barely even been released. How nice, I even replied to you myself commenting on my impressions of the first Alan Wake and saying I'd play the second one during the day because of the creepiness lol. In the end, it went on sale for my birthday, as I said.

Thanks a lot for sharing your impressions and, of course, for putting together that guide back in the day to play it on Linux

Cheers!!!

@cobito said:

@jordiqui I see you place a lot of importance on RAM, but the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has 128MB of L3 cache and 1MB of L2 cache. I don't know how much SuperPi 32M uses, but if it exceeds the 128MB, it won't be by much. Does RAM really have that much of an impact? And if it does, given that it involves small data amounts and a CPU-intensive process, wouldn't it be better to reduce latencies rather than focus on frequency? In fact, wouldn't it be interesting to try underclocking the memory just to improve latencies?

I'm mentioning this because I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum with LLMs, which have massive RAM consumption where bandwidth is the main bottleneck and where having a lot of cache helps to a certain extent. If it were up to me, I'd sacrifice latency for bandwidth because I know the performance increase will be practically linear with every MT/s I can squeeze out.

I agree with you regarding bandwidth. I was looking into different tests with this configuration, and after seeing the full picture, I asked GPT to recreate this scenario.

@krampak No, haha, I hadn't even realized that was possible, thank you so much! Best regards and a huge hug!

@_Neptunno_

Don't hit me! But I'm sure you recognize these two i815 motherboards

It's in the process of having the capacitors replaced with more modern and stable ones; the idea is to overclock one of my Celeron 1400s to 2.3Ghz.

I already have a 512MB PC133 Micron module that can handle 240 Cas2 at 3.6v.

It’s not safe or recommended to replace a power strip with your own circuit breaker setup, since breakers are meant for electrical panels—not device-level protection—so the better option is to use a high-quality surge protector or have a proper outlet installed by an electrician.

@_Neptunno_ Thanks for the links. I didn't even know those cables existed. The only thing that works for me is physical LEDs since they're headless machines.

Before you replied, I bought this (it hasn't arrived yet), which I hope will let me connect the controller. I'm also taking a chance because there's no 100% guarantee it'll work at x1 (from what I've read around, it should), but whatever. Plus, a fifth SATA port would save me from having to use a USB drive, so it's the solution that best fits what I need. Performance isn't an issue since they're mechanical drives.

If that doesn't work either, I'll try the cables you mentioned.

What I want to do is more of a whim than something with practical utility, but as you say, it's a niche thing. Besides the limited variety, the prices aren't cheap either (€50 for a mid-tier controller and €6 per cable... insane).