System Name | Compy 386 |
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Processor | 7800X3D |
Motherboard | Asus |
Cooling | Air for now..... |
Memory | 64 GB DDR5 6400Mhz |
Video Card(s) | 7900XTX 310 Merc |
Storage | Samsung 990 2TB, 2 SP 2TB SSDs, 24TB Enterprise drives |
Display(s) | 55" Samsung 4K HDR |
Audio Device(s) | ATI HDMI |
Mouse | Logitech MX518 |
Keyboard | Razer |
Software | A lot. |
Benchmark Scores | Its fast. Enough. |
System Name | Pioneer |
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Processor | Ryzen R9 9950X |
Motherboard | GIGABYTE Aorus Elite X670 AX |
Cooling | Noctua NH-D15 + A whole lotta Sunon and Corsair Maglev blower fans... |
Memory | 64GB (4x 16GB) G.Skill Flare X5 @ DDR5-6000 CL30 |
Video Card(s) | XFX RX 7900 XTX Speedster Merc 310 |
Storage | Intel 905p Optane 960GB boot, +2x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs |
Display(s) | 55" LG 55" B9 OLED 4K Display |
Case | Thermaltake Core X31 |
Audio Device(s) | TOSLINK->Schiit Modi MB->Asgard 2 DAC Amp->AKG Pro K712 Headphones or HDMI->B9 OLED |
Power Supply | FSP Hydro Ti Pro 850W |
Mouse | Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless |
Keyboard | WASD Code v3 with Cherry Green keyswitches + PBT DS keycaps |
Software | Gentoo Linux x64 / Windows 11 Enterprise IoT 2024 |
Different market in terms of price/performance, but yes.Thunder bolt anyone?
System Name | Compy 386 |
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Processor | 7800X3D |
Motherboard | Asus |
Cooling | Air for now..... |
Memory | 64 GB DDR5 6400Mhz |
Video Card(s) | 7900XTX 310 Merc |
Storage | Samsung 990 2TB, 2 SP 2TB SSDs, 24TB Enterprise drives |
Display(s) | 55" Samsung 4K HDR |
Audio Device(s) | ATI HDMI |
Mouse | Logitech MX518 |
Keyboard | Razer |
Software | A lot. |
Benchmark Scores | Its fast. Enough. |
How about FireWire.Basically. I mean you can still get brackets for it but not much point.
Different market in terms of price/performance, but yes.
System Name | Miami |
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Processor | Ryzen 3800X |
Motherboard | Asus Crosshair VII Formula |
Cooling | Ek Velocity/ 2x 280mm Radiators/ Alphacool fullcover |
Memory | F4-3600C16Q-32GTZNC |
Video Card(s) | XFX 6900 XT Speedster 0 |
Storage | 1TB WD M.2 SSD/ 2TB WD SN750/ 4TB WD Black HDD |
Display(s) | DELL AW3420DW / HP ZR24w |
Case | Lian Li O11 Dynamic XL |
Audio Device(s) | EVGA Nu Audio |
Power Supply | Seasonic Prime Gold 1000W+750W |
Mouse | Corsair Scimitar/Glorious Model O- |
Keyboard | Corsair K95 Platinum |
Software | Windows 10 Pro |
How about FireWire.
I member building a small server the the owner demanded Firewire as it was the future, mind you it helped that Intel has just kicked AMD in the nuts but the only reason was backup performance to enclosed HDD and the amount of performance difference at the time was almost nil given the HDD performance and the fact that it still ran through a USB 2 adapter inside the enclosure.
I digress and sorry for the thread hijack, open source is always better
Processor | Threadripper 3955WX |
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Motherboard | M12SWA-TF |
Cooling | Arctic Freezer 4U SP3 |
Memory | G.Skill Trident Z DDR4-3733 (2x8GB) |
Video Card(s) | 5700XT + 3x RX 590 |
Storage | A lot |
Display(s) | ViewSonic G225fB |
Case | Corsair 760T |
Audio Device(s) | Sound Blaster Z SE |
Power Supply | be quiet! DPP12 1500W |
Keyboard | IBM F122 |
Software | 10 LTSC |
I had a case that came with a front firewire port AND a back bracket with 2 extra ports, but I was never able to use any of them because the mobos didn't had headers for it.How about FireWire.
I member building a small server the the owner demanded Firewire as it was the future, mind you it helped that Intel has just kicked AMD in the nuts but the only reason was backup performance to enclosed HDD and the amount of performance difference at the time was almost nil given the HDD performance and the fact that it still ran through a USB 2 adapter inside the enclosure.
I digress and sorry for the thread hijack, open source is always better
System Name | BoX-Server | 775PC |
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Processor | I3 3.5GHZ (3150) | Modded Xeon E5450 (OC @3.60) |
Motherboard | ASRock B85M-ITX | ASUS P5Q-EM |
Cooling | OEZM HSK | 120MM Heatsink (2-FANs) |
Memory | 8GB DDR3 (2x4GB) | 8GB DDR2 (4x2GB) |
Video Card(s) | Onboard | NVIDIA Quadro K2200 4GB |
Storage | 120GB SSD 1TB WD | 120GB SSD 1TB Seagate 500GB HDD << |
Display(s) | DELL 17" LCD 1280x1024 | ASUS 24" LCD IPS |
Case | CoolerMaster 110 | DIYPC N1e-SPORT |
Audio Device(s) | Onboard |
Power Supply | EVGA 550WATT | Rosewill 530WATT |
Mouse | Input-Director| RoseWill FUSION C40 |
Keyboard | Input-Director | RoseWill FUSION |
Software | WiN10ET/WiN11ET |
Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D |
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Motherboard | Asus Crosshair VIII Dark Hero |
Cooling | Custom Watercooling |
Memory | G.Skill Trident Z Royal 2x16GB |
Video Card(s) | MSi RTX 3080ti Suprim X |
Storage | 2TB Corsair MP600 PRO Hydro X |
Display(s) | Samsung G7 27" x2 |
Audio Device(s) | Sound Blaster ZxR |
Power Supply | Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 12 1500W |
Mouse | Logitech G903 |
Keyboard | Steelseries Apex Pro |
System Name | BoX-Server | 775PC |
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Processor | I3 3.5GHZ (3150) | Modded Xeon E5450 (OC @3.60) |
Motherboard | ASRock B85M-ITX | ASUS P5Q-EM |
Cooling | OEZM HSK | 120MM Heatsink (2-FANs) |
Memory | 8GB DDR3 (2x4GB) | 8GB DDR2 (4x2GB) |
Video Card(s) | Onboard | NVIDIA Quadro K2200 4GB |
Storage | 120GB SSD 1TB WD | 120GB SSD 1TB Seagate 500GB HDD << |
Display(s) | DELL 17" LCD 1280x1024 | ASUS 24" LCD IPS |
Case | CoolerMaster 110 | DIYPC N1e-SPORT |
Audio Device(s) | Onboard |
Power Supply | EVGA 550WATT | Rosewill 530WATT |
Mouse | Input-Director| RoseWill FUSION C40 |
Keyboard | Input-Director | RoseWill FUSION |
Software | WiN10ET/WiN11ET |
Yep dot on the door there. Just like bluray took over DVD where CD took over floppy etc I could go on lolFirewire kind of evolved into Thunderbolt.
System Name | Ghetto Rigs z490|x99|Acer 17 Nitro 7840hs/ 5600c40-2x16/ 4060/ 1tb acer stock m.2/ 4tb sn850x |
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Processor | 10900k w/Optimus Foundation | 5930k w/Black Noctua D15 |
Motherboard | z490 Maximus XII Apex | x99 Sabertooth |
Cooling | oCool D5 res-combo/280 GTX/ Optimus Foundation/ gpu water block | Blk D15 |
Memory | Trident-Z Royal 4000c16 2x16gb | Trident-Z 3200c14 4x8gb |
Video Card(s) | Titan Xp-water | evga 980ti gaming-w/ air |
Storage | 970evo+500gb & sn850x 4tb | 860 pro 256gb | Acer m.2 1tb/ sn850x 4tb| Many2.5" sata's ssd 3.5hdd's |
Display(s) | 1-AOC G2460PG 24"G-Sync 144Hz/ 2nd 1-ASUS VG248QE 24"/ 3rd LG 43" series |
Case | D450 | Cherry Entertainment center on Test bench |
Audio Device(s) | Built in Realtek x2 with 2-Insignia 2.0 sound bars & 1-LG sound bar |
Power Supply | EVGA 1000P2 with APC AX1500 | 850P2 with CyberPower-GX1325U |
Mouse | Redragon 901 Perdition x3 |
Keyboard | G710+x3 |
Software | Win-7 pro x3 and win-10 & 11pro x3 |
Benchmark Scores | Are in the benchmark section |
System Name | Apollo |
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Processor | Intel Core i9 9880H |
Motherboard | Some proprietary Apple thing. |
Memory | 64GB DDR4-2667 |
Video Card(s) | AMD Radeon Pro 5600M, 8GB HBM2 |
Storage | 1TB Apple NVMe, 4TB External |
Display(s) | Laptop @ 3072x1920 + 2x LG 5k Ultrafine TB3 displays |
Case | MacBook Pro (16", 2019) |
Audio Device(s) | AirPods Pro, Sennheiser HD 380s w/ FIIO Alpen 2, or Logitech 2.1 Speakers |
Power Supply | 96w Power Adapter |
Mouse | Logitech MX Master 3 |
Keyboard | Logitech G915, GL Clicky |
Software | MacOS 12.1 |
I use Thunderbolt 3 for my displays. It's not bad. Cables are expensive, hardware is expensive, and finding PC motherboards that support two TB3 ports is a little rough, at least the last time I checked. TB3 works real nice if you're using a Mac or Linux with a modern kernel. I can't speak to Windows though.Thunder bolt anyone?
System Name | Generic |
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Processor | Ryzen5-3200G |
Motherboard | A300 |
Cooling | Noctua |
Memory | 16GB DDR4-2400 |
Video Card(s) | APU |
Storage | NVME PM981 |
Display(s) | Eizo, HP, NEC |
Software | Mac, Windows 7+Ubuntu22.04 |
System Name | Hotbox |
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Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, 110/95/110, PBO +150Mhz, CO -7,-7,-20(x6), |
Motherboard | ASRock Phantom Gaming B550 ITX/ax |
Cooling | LOBO + Laing DDC 1T Plus PWM + Corsair XR5 280mm + 2x Arctic P14 |
Memory | 32GB G.Skill FlareX 3200c14 @3800c15 |
Video Card(s) | PowerColor Radeon 6900XT Liquid Devil Ultimate, UC@2250MHz max @~200W |
Storage | 2TB Adata SX8200 Pro |
Display(s) | Dell U2711 main, AOC 24P2C secondary |
Case | SSUPD Meshlicious |
Audio Device(s) | Optoma Nuforce μDAC 3 |
Power Supply | Corsair SF750 Platinum |
Mouse | Logitech G603 |
Keyboard | Keychron K3/Cooler Master MasterKeys Pro M w/DSA profile caps |
Software | Windows 10 Pro |
eSATA never gained any real traction, and was essentially abandoned as soon as USB 3.x gained traction. It's easy enough to keep your eSATA accessories in use though: get a simple eSATA to USB 3.0 adapter. I've got an ancient eSATA HDD dock that still works perfectly and is kept in service through an adapter like that. It seems like even those are harder to find than back when I bought mine though, so if you've got useful eSATA devices that you'd like to keep in service I'd recommend getting your hands on an adapter ASAP.My eSATA enclosure for my backup HDD was purchased before USB 3.0 was commonplace and LGA775 was still a viable socket and unlike USB 2.0 it was actually useful for external HDD's. All my post LGA-775 motherboards had eSATA, except my z390, but my old Thermaltake Armor Revo has one eSATA port.
It did, the last Mac to have a FW port was ... pre-2012 MBP? I guess pre-trashcan Mac Pros might have kept it around for longer.I thought firewire died out years ago, up to and including the later faster iterations.
System Name | Apollo |
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Processor | Intel Core i9 9880H |
Motherboard | Some proprietary Apple thing. |
Memory | 64GB DDR4-2667 |
Video Card(s) | AMD Radeon Pro 5600M, 8GB HBM2 |
Storage | 1TB Apple NVMe, 4TB External |
Display(s) | Laptop @ 3072x1920 + 2x LG 5k Ultrafine TB3 displays |
Case | MacBook Pro (16", 2019) |
Audio Device(s) | AirPods Pro, Sennheiser HD 380s w/ FIIO Alpen 2, or Logitech 2.1 Speakers |
Power Supply | 96w Power Adapter |
Mouse | Logitech MX Master 3 |
Keyboard | Logitech G915, GL Clicky |
Software | MacOS 12.1 |
I tried using eSATA back early in my career when I was a sysadmin. It kind of worked, and when I say that I mean it worked well when it did. It was okay at the time, but given the advancements with USB tech, it really just kind of fizzled out. There were a lot of weird issues with hotplug support compared to other protocols, at least in Linux at the time. All in all, it didn't feel like the juice was worth the squeeze. A good USB 3.0 controller was good enough and was common enough. Personally, my tower has eSATA ports. I've never used them in the decade of owning the machine. USB 3.0 or 3.1 on the other hand, I use almost every day.eSATA never gained any real traction, and was essentially abandoned as soon as USB 3.x gained traction. It's easy enough to keep your eSATA accessories in use though: get a simple eSATA to USB 3.0 adapter. I've got an ancient eSATA HDD dock that still works perfectly and is kept in service through an adapter like that. It seems like even those are harder to find than back when I bought mine though, so if you've got useful eSATA devices that you'd like to keep in service I'd recommend getting your hands on an adapter ASAP.
It did, the last Mac to have a FW port was ... pre-2012 MBP? I guess pre-trashcan Mac Pros might have kept it around for longer.
System Name | Hotbox |
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Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, 110/95/110, PBO +150Mhz, CO -7,-7,-20(x6), |
Motherboard | ASRock Phantom Gaming B550 ITX/ax |
Cooling | LOBO + Laing DDC 1T Plus PWM + Corsair XR5 280mm + 2x Arctic P14 |
Memory | 32GB G.Skill FlareX 3200c14 @3800c15 |
Video Card(s) | PowerColor Radeon 6900XT Liquid Devil Ultimate, UC@2250MHz max @~200W |
Storage | 2TB Adata SX8200 Pro |
Display(s) | Dell U2711 main, AOC 24P2C secondary |
Case | SSUPD Meshlicious |
Audio Device(s) | Optoma Nuforce μDAC 3 |
Power Supply | Corsair SF750 Platinum |
Mouse | Logitech G603 |
Keyboard | Keychron K3/Cooler Master MasterKeys Pro M w/DSA profile caps |
Software | Windows 10 Pro |
Yeah, back when I got that dock (and an external 3.5" HDD and a 2.5" enclosure IIRC) I thought it was really cool and had a ton of potential - though IIRC that was before USB 3.0. Once I realized just how horrible eSATA cables were, and how unusable that 2.5" enclosure was due to needing a separate USB power cable, I quickly changed my mind. The 3.5" drive was eventually shucked and moved into my HTPC, the 2.5" enclosure was replaced, but the dock was kept in a drawer in case I needed it, and I'm glad I found those cheap adapters so that I can still use it, even if I'm still forced to deal with eSATA cabling when doing so.I tried using eSATA back early in my career when I was a sysadmin. It kind of worked, and when I say that I mean it worked well when it did. It was okay at the time, but given the advancements with USB tech, it really just kind of fizzled out. There were a lot of weird issues with hotplug support compared to other protocols, at least in Linux at the time. All in all, it didn't feel like the juice was worth the squeeze. A good USB 3.0 controller was good enough and was common enough. Personally, my tower has eSATA ports. I've never used them in the decade of owning the machine. USB 3.0 or 3.1 on the other hand, I use almost every day.
System Name | Shizuka |
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Processor | Intel Core i5 10400F |
Motherboard | Gigabyte B460M Aorus Pro |
Cooling | Scythe Choten |
Memory | 2x8GB G.Skill Aegis 2666 MHz |
Video Card(s) | PowerColor Red Dragon V2 RX 580 8GB ~100 watts in Wattman |
Storage | 512GB WD Blue + 256GB WD Green + 4TH Toshiba X300 |
Display(s) | BenQ BL2420PT |
Case | Cooler Master Silencio S400 |
Audio Device(s) | Topping D10 + AIWA NSX-V70 |
Power Supply | Chieftec A90 550W (GDP-550C) |
Mouse | Steel Series Rival 100 |
Keyboard | Hama SL 570 |
Software | Windows 10 Enterprise |
Cool fact:eSATA is dead. USB have overtaken it in performance and beaten it to death with convenience.
How would that work? ESATA has a unique connector, how could you fit a USB cable of any type into it?Cool fact:
eSATA ports accept USB devices too
System Name | Shizuka |
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Processor | Intel Core i5 10400F |
Motherboard | Gigabyte B460M Aorus Pro |
Cooling | Scythe Choten |
Memory | 2x8GB G.Skill Aegis 2666 MHz |
Video Card(s) | PowerColor Red Dragon V2 RX 580 8GB ~100 watts in Wattman |
Storage | 512GB WD Blue + 256GB WD Green + 4TH Toshiba X300 |
Display(s) | BenQ BL2420PT |
Case | Cooler Master Silencio S400 |
Audio Device(s) | Topping D10 + AIWA NSX-V70 |
Power Supply | Chieftec A90 550W (GDP-550C) |
Mouse | Steel Series Rival 100 |
Keyboard | Hama SL 570 |
Software | Windows 10 Enterprise |
It just fits. I accidentally plugged in USB stick into eSATA once and it worked perfectly fine.How would that work? ESATA has a unique connector, how could you fit a USB cable of any type into it?
System Name | 4K-gaming |
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Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X |
Motherboard | Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero |
Cooling | Arctic Freezer 50 |
Memory | 32GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4-3466 |
Video Card(s) | Asus GeForce RTX 3080 TUF OC 10GB |
Storage | 256+240+128+480+2x1TB SSDs + 3TB HDDs |
Display(s) | Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS |
Case | Corsair 4000D Airflow White |
Audio Device(s) | Asus TUF H3 Wireless |
Power Supply | EVGA Supernova G2 750W |
Mouse | Logitech MX518 + Asus TUF P1 mousepad |
Keyboard | Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO |
VR HMD | Oculus Rift CV1 |
Software | Windows 11 Pro |
Benchmark Scores | It runs Crysis |
I remember having combo USB/eSATA ports tooIt just fits. I accidentally plugged in USB stick into eSATA once and it worked perfectly fine.
System Name | micropage7 |
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Processor | Intel Xeon X3470 |
Motherboard | Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. P55A-UD3R (Socket 1156) |
Cooling | Enermax ETS-T40F |
Memory | Samsung 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 |
Video Card(s) | NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 |
Storage | V-GEN03AS18EU120GB, Seagate 2 x 1TB and Seagate 4TB |
Display(s) | Samsung 21 inch LCD Wide Screen |
Case | Icute Super 18 |
Audio Device(s) | Auzentech X-Fi Forte |
Power Supply | Silverstone 600 Watt |
Mouse | Logitech G502 |
Keyboard | Sades Excalibur + Taihao keycaps |
Software | Win 7 64-bit |
Benchmark Scores | Classified |
my old HP laptop has esata that works on usb tooWasn't it dead on arrival? I mean, I've never even seen an eSATA drive, though I remember having those ports on few motherboards I had over a decade ago.
I remember having combo USB/eSATA ports too
Processor | Ryzen 2700X |
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Motherboard | X470 Tachi Ultimate |
Cooling | Scythe Big Shuriken 3 |
Memory | C.R.S. |
Video Card(s) | Radeon VII |
Software | Win 7 |
Benchmark Scores | Never high enough |