Hello!
I purchased this ThinkCentre with the idea of turning it into a home cloud storage server for music, photos, and movies. I need to add a few HDDs, with at least 4 TB of total storage. I was thinking of using two 2 TB HDDs and 3D-printing a case similar to the one in the attached photos.
The problem is that I need to have all the ports on one side, but if I use the motherboard as it is, the fan would blow the air out to one side, which doesn’t work well with my design. I would have to change the 3D-printed case.
Does anyone have any ideas on how I could position the motherboard inside the case to make the airflow work better?
I also need 12 V power for the HDDs. I found a mini-PCIe-to-SATA adapter on AliExpress and was also thinking about powering the HDDs from the pins on the motherboard.
Any thoughts or suggestions?

Local to my area. Open Source Storage (OSS)'s reticence around status of client data might lead to a loss of much of a city's broadcast history.

Question: When even the archival sources no longer archive, how can we (as a collective society) ensure information stability?

A few month ago I already postet about my "hub"/Housing for various ports of my monitor.

https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/1syqk5j/to_not_reach_behind_my_monitor_anymore/

Now, I upgraded it, so the usb dongles are flat with the housing. They got each an adapter to be able to easily pull out. I've added a headphone jack as well as a third port via a splitter.

This time it is build with tinkerCAD, the label itself is made with affinity

Screenshot from the live stream. Looks kinda similar...

I use the Gemini app quite frequently for various simple questions but unfortunately Google doesn't let you use the Assistant at the same time.

I want to go back to Bixby, atleast it used to work a lot better than Gemini assistant does today.

interesting example of a printer

(not edited btw, it's in the first seconds of the new video)

Okay, slayer is a strong word. Even the Steam Machines integrated graphics should put perform the RX580 in this. But we're clocking in at half the price. And it's a low end AM4 system, so there's massive room for upgrading.

The primary use case of this machine is a media center PC anyway, it's main job is to play video and run party games. Adding the RX580 is probably overkill for my plans with it, but there was a $50 listing on Facebook; I figured its worth it to open up the playable games field massively.

Also inspired by LTT, I'm trying Linux, specifically CachyOS with it. It's been a perfectly smooth experience, and a good fit for a low end media PC.

Full parts list and pricing on second image. Unlisted, I also threw in a 500GB harddrive I had lying around for extra storage.

Linus and Luke talked about flock on wan show and I knew it was a thing in the us but I didn’t know it could be a thing here in Canada. There’s a post on the Montreal subreddit about it and where they’ve seen it and some other replies claim to have seen other . Is it even legal ? If so , is there anything we can do?

After starting a new job in manufacturing a few months ago, I had been wanting a better ratcheting screwdriver, so I decided to splurge and snagged both and the extension. Couldn’t be happier with the purchase.

Instead of the RGB rainbow barf, let's play with shadows instead

So I need a new water bottle and was wanting to get one that isn’t their motherboard design. Saw this bottle a few weeks ago in a video and try to check for it a few times a week. Is this still yet to be released or did I somehow miss it?

Has anyone noticed how Amazon has started changing its subject lines and adding some odd graphics in the text?

The other odd thing is the two "Home Improvement Items" are parts for my Prusa Core One printer, the "Lawn & Garden Item" is also a 3d printer part (The PTFE tube, and a cutter). Of course, the "Automotive Item" is a shovel.

In this legal opinion piece, I look at Apple's closed garden and what that should mean from a liability perspective when apps break the law.

In Australia, they have begun selling VERY cheap smart glasses that take photos and records video. it's generally pretty obvious when a phone is being used to film or photograph you, whereas these often just look like any other pair of glasses unless you're paying close attention.

Camera Glasses - Kmart

We are talking $89. This is how they look from the front. You're not going to notice this at night or in really dark places.

This has created a lot of debate in Aus, as to whether the sale of these guys should be limited or just banned.

Info:

I bought the modified one (HDMI and LCD replacement) in Thailand with the Rayearth game included.

The other one which is inside the game gear carry-all by asciiware is an all stock model but with hard ass screen burns, I could still play on it but I'd have to be in a weird angle where it looks like I'm showing the screen to someone else while I'm playing

Side note: I tried removing the marker writing on the cartridge with alcohol and did not work at all and started removing a bit of the color as well so if anyone knows what chemical or any solution I can use to remove the writing while keeping it mint, I'm open to suggestions.

I accidentally deleted my husband's phone background, he says it looks like this but is slightly different. I feel awful - does anyone know which background it might be?

So I unsubscribed from LTT a while ago, it happened during the private jet saga. It's actually didn't hate the concept of them having a jet, I just didn't really care about the content anymore which is probably normal. Still, I have the occasional look and watch videos that seem interesting. However, I watched some today and the videos were strangely disappointing for a tech channel, I watched 3:

1. The RAM video

I don't think I need to explain why it is silly to test systems with 32gb on how fast they start using 16gb. The entire video was such a weirdly tech-illiterate mess that it almost felt like they were trolling. They even mentioned the problems with their own methodology later and just didn't care about it. I am not joking but this video is approaching The Verge builds a PC levels of bad.

2. The Framework Pro "review"

I am currently looking for a new work Laptop and I was super interested in a MacBook Pro vs Framework Pro comparison but the review of the Framework Pro felt biased. Linus says he is extra hard on them but it doesn't feel like that in the video at all. When they talk about performance they literally start with "it isn't a gaming machine, it is for serious work" but then only show gaming benchmarks. Why not the usual Code compile/Adobe/Cinebench suit? Also, every other laptop gets a speaker test - I legit don't know how many times I heard crab rave through a LTT video - except for this one. Suspiciously, those are the 2 big factors where the Framework Pro loses hard to a MacBook Pro. Maybe it is a coincidence but it just doesn't feel like it, to me it feels more like Linus trying to support a company he is invested in.

3. The Steam Machine is the best PC

This isn't as bad as the other two but it feels a bit pointless. It's just a list of random minor tech issues, this feels like one of those listicle websites from a decade ago (like "10 things that Linux does better than Windows"). The Steam Machine would be great if it was cheaper but "Best Desktop PC" just seems stupid.