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I just got a notification phone call from the MSCR automated phone system informing me of a cancelled Pickleball class. I do not, nor have I ever played Pickleball at MSCR. Anyone else get this? Just curious about how many people just got spammed.

Tesla Model Y Hivemind I seek guidance!

I purchased my 2022 Tesla Model Y Long Range with the 20" Induction Wheels and the Goodyear EAGLE F1 (M+S) tires. I live in the Midwest, and driving in the snow this past winter was terrifying: absolutely scary slide-outs on turns and poor braking. I have also noticed that the ride is really rough. This is my first Tesla, so I'm not sure if this is normal for the Model Y, but my bones are rattling if I'm driving on anything but brand-new asphalt.

What do I do?

1. Stick with the 20" wheels and get new tires? The Pirelli P ZERO ALL SEASON PLUS ELECT 255/40-20 seems like the obvious choice and has good reviews on Tirerack. Would these tires provide en

Hello All,

I'm filling out an upgrade build for my Unraid box and all I need is the ECC RAM. I'm looking for 2 x 16Gb 2666hz unbuffered ECC RAM and I'm having a hell of a time finding it ANYWHERE. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm starting to think that I've made a big mistake going all-in on ECC.

EDIT: Thanks to dkimmortal I did find a few options at Newegg. Any reason why I should go for name brand ( Samsung / Crucial ), or is offbrand ( Nemix? ) worth it to save a few bucks?

PCPartPicker Part List

I have Unraid running wonderfully on an older PC with a Supermicro X9SRi-3F mobo ( https://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/C600/X9SRi-3F.cfm ) and successfully installed a Windows 10 VM which worked great with the original GPU NVidia Quadro K2000 ( https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/quadro-k2000.c1838 ). This all worked great, no problems. I didn't have to tweak a thing, the GPU showed up in the System Devices list and I just followed the SpaceInvaderOne GPU passthrough video.

Now, I want turn my Unraid box into a budget 1080p gaming box, so I

Looking to upgrade the video card in my older unRaid box to create a gaming VM. Needs to be an Nvidia card to simplify hardware passthrough to the windows VM.

Looking $100-$120 shipped, but open to offers.

Edit: Looking for the 6 GB VRam models of the 1060. Shoulda mentioned that before.

I'd like to upgrade my NAS box with an inexpensive video card ( $75 ish ) so that my son can play Fortnite / Rust at 1080p on our HDTV. Does anyone have recommendations for a card that works well? Here are the main requirements:

• At least 4GB Ram
• HDMI output
• Nvidia GTX series to simplify unRaid video card passthrough to the Windows VM

The motherboard has three PCI-E slots, and I need one for my LSI controller. If I get a double-slot card with a bunch of fans, should I be worried about blocking the fans with the LSI controller?

Thanks for any advice you can share! ​ EDIT: Also, should I wait for the budget RTX 30xx series to be released? Will that cause a drop in the used m

I’m a PC building noob, so this is probably a dumb question but.... I keep seeing build recommendations for the Ryzen 3600 that include a B450 motherboard. Aren’t the X570 boards superior in every way ( PCIe 4.0, Zen3 compatible ) and pretty close in price? I just picked up the ASUS AM4 TUF Gaming X570-Plus (Wi-Fi) on sale for $169 and I’m not sure why anyone would buy a B450. What am I missing?

Edit: what’s with the downvotes? Is this the wrong forum for this question?

What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games or programs you will be using.

I want to get back into PC gaming to prove to my son that consoles suck. Seriously though, I built my own water-cooled PC 10 years ago and I miss PC gaming, but I'm totally out of touch with the latest chips and mobos. I want a PC now that can run low-end FPS games ( Fortnite, Rust ) on low graphics settings (Ryzen video?) that I can upgrade with a graphics card in November/December to run Cyberpunk 2077. I'm assuming that the current high-end graphics cards will drop in price when AMD and NVidia release their next-gen cards in the fall.

I'm old, so my eye

What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games or programs you will be using.

I want to get back into PC gaming to prove to my son that consoles suck. Seriously though, I built my own water cooled PC 10 years ago and I miss PC gaming. I want a PC now that can run low-end FPS games now ( Fortnite, Rust ) on low graphics settings that I can upgrade with a graphics card in November/December to run Cyberpunk 2077. I'm assuming that the current high-end graphics cards will drop in price when AMD and NVidia release their next gen cards in the fall.

I'm old, so my eyes are starting to drop frames on their own, so I'd like to be able to dri

I bought a couple cheap "Alexa Enabled" Wifi light bulbs from Costco yesterday (similar to: https://www.costco.com/FEIT-WiFi-Smart-Bulbs-4-pack.product.100417461.html) and today I noticed two new devices on my network with Espressif MACs:

Results 84:F3:EB Espressi Espressif Inc.

Quick nmap shows: Host is up (0.039s latency). Not shown: 999 closed ports PORT STATE SERVICE 6668/tcp open irc

If there's interest, I'll do a teardown on one of them and post the results. I gotta say I'm somewhat pessimistic about the security of whatever is running on these bulbs.

I'm planning to add 20 RCS to my 60p (17g) high-tech planted tank ( https://imgur.com/a/sgsuP ) and I'm trying to make it the best home possible for my little shrimp friends.

What is the best way to inject CO2 in a planted shrimp tank? I have a home-built controller with PH probe that I can program to do whatever. Should I set it up to hold the PH to a tight range ( for example 7 +/- .1 ph ) injecting CO2 as needed to hold it down? Would this cause algae issues due to varying levels of Co2 in the water?

What about aeration? Would the shrimp benefit from having an air stone running when the CO2 is off? How are other people with high-tech planted shrimp tanks controlling their CO2?

Here are