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EDIT: Games are gone thank you

Based on the recommendations of the pdf guide for FreeNAS hardware I was looking around for Supermicro servers.

This ad! for a SC 822T-500RCB seems almost too good to be true - 8 Bays, Xeon processor, 8 GB RAM up to 32 MB, with a 500 GB hard drive, for only $250.

But I can't find any information on this model, it's like it doesn't exist except on ebay which makes alarm bells go off for me. Is this an okay purchase for a FreeNAS server that'll mostly be used for Plex with limited transcoding?

I stumbled upon Red Letter Media in my Youtube feed, I think it came up when I was searching for an 'after the dust has settled' Ghostbusters 2016 review. That was yesterday and I've spent the last 24 hours reviewing the rest of their catalog because it is just so good.

I've been watching movies regularly for 30 years and in that time I've never found a critic that articulates my own inner monologue when I'm watching some of these movies. I used to like the old Siskel & Ebert segments growing up (it was the 90s, you didn't have a choice) and while I didn't always agree with the conclusion the banter was good, and the RLM duo emulates that chemistry perfectly. They obviously edit things

I'm using linseed oil on a decorative wood panel. I've applied it to 1 side and now need to wait 24-48h for it to cure (is that the right word?). Can I rotate the piece while it's curing so I can get the other faces of the board? It's a 4x1 panel. If I'm doing 2 coats then it'll take 8 days to get it completely stained unless I can turn the piece a couple hours after the first coat to do another coat.

I have a 48 port patch panel that I've punched down and is working great. It came with 48 of those white little rectangles that I presume go over the terminations. Are these at all useful or required?

I have a 2'x2' board that's only 1/8" thick HDF (hardboard) that I need to drill hundreds of 1/2" holes in. I wanted to use a drill press since the holes are in a straight grid.

Do I need to clamp the piece everytime when using the drill piece? It'll get cumbersome to do it 400 times but if necessary I will. I was going to use a Forster bit, but what kind of wood is HDF considered for drill press purposes, hard or soft?

I'm going to be hanging a projector about 75% up the height of the screen. so I need to make sure the projector can 'shift' the screen down enough. From my readings this requires a 50% shift.

But the projector I am interested in (https://www.optoma.no/projectorproduct/uhd60) has specs for both native offset and lens shift. And one meets my requirements and the other doesn't! So which one do I pick?

Network newbie here! I ran a ton of Cat5/6 cables in my house (around 60) and now looking to patch them into a rack. The rack has some AV gear, home automation, receiver, etc. and of course a couple switches.

I have a server cabinet with 4 posts and a front and rear 19U mounting panels. What is the conventional way to organize this?

1. Patch panels mounted on the front, then use small patch cables to connect the patch panel to the switch? This seems to make the most sense except I didn't plan for such a deep cabinet and a couple of my runs are a few inches short! (I told you i was a newbie :( )
2. Patch panels mounted in the rear but facing forward, switch mounted on the front, then run pa

I have a cabinet directly in front of a bundle of around 63 Cat5e cables hanging from a ceiling. My plan was to get a 72 port patch panel, mount it on the top of the cabinet, and patch cables directly. But I see a lot of people using cable management bars that run the cable to the left or right of the rack. Is this something I should do if my cabinet is already centered where the Cat5e cables are coming down? As the panel is at the top of the cabinet it shouldn't interfere with any gear below the panel.

I have a Cable Tray basket 6.5" wide that I want to hang from ceiling joists that are 16" apart.

Wood lag screws and wire work or is there a better options?

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Suspend-It-Eye-Lag-Screws-for-Drop-Ceiling-Grid-with-Wood-Joists-8856/100670611

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Suspend-It-18-Gauge-300-ft-Hanger-Wire-for-Drop-Suspended-Ceiling-Grids-8851/100670612

Everyone knows the SNES struggled when dealing with a lot of sprites, the frame rate would start to chug. The final boss of UN Squadron, parts of Gradius III, and Armored Armadillo level in Megaman X come to mind.

However it's 25 years later- does Retroarch have settings or en emulator that can smooth out these areas or does faithful emulation require them to chug?