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I successfully upgraded my PC's storage with an additional 4TB of 990 Pro goodness.
It almost didn't happen. I have a 4080FE GPU that's 3 slots wide. It completely covers the release lever used to pop the GPU out of the slot. You have to get under the card to get at the lever. You can't come in from the side because of the NVMe enclosures surrounding the slot.
Effectively you can't remove the NVMe shields without removing the GPU and you can't remove the GPU without removing the NVMe shields. I think Alice Cooper wrote a song about this.
When I say you can't, I mean physically impossible except perhaps if you remove the CPU cooler and RAM and come at it from the back, but that means reapplying paste as well as disassembling every major component on the board. A double wide GPU took me an hour with a couple of tools. This triple wide one simply wasn't happening.
So there I sit, scratching my head. Eventually I figure "ah hell, let's do the obvious first" - and after unscrewing the rear plane of the card I simply tried to lift it straight out of the slot, release lever be damned.
It came right out, like getting ready to kick a door in only to find the knob turns freely.
The mystery of that quickly sorted itself, as there was the lever, just hanging out on the motherboard, laying next to the PCIe slot it belonged to.
It isn't visibly broken. I think it just worked its way loose either removing my old 2080TI GPU, or installing this new 4080 one.
I could reinstall the release lever and effectively hermetically seal my machine as a result. You could weld the hood of your car shut. Why not?
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You should mention the motherboard, otherwise someone may buy it accidentally...
"If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization." ― Gerald Weinberg
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It's a good board. The issue is it's mATX. There's no room for anything. They packed a gaming board into mATX form factor. Anyway it's an ASUS Rog Strix. Just get the larger board. They have quick release.
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I know that motherboards must be build to be optimal, but DAMN, some of those motherboards are not meant to be maintained.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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The price of mATX form factor plus gobs of features.
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in that case, size DO really matters!! 
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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One day I will recount the adventure that has been buildin my last PC, after 7 years that I didn't build PCs.
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
The shortest horror story: On Error Resume Next
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That was my experience with this machine!
I got picky, and none of the prebuilt starter systems I'd usually buy were geared for what I wanted, which is I wanted to build a machine with a 55" 4k fancy interface and have blistering C++ compilation speeds for around $3000USD. I did that, even though it would have been cheaper to build up a starter. The issue is I couldn't max out my ram speed if I did that, or go with 990 Pro NVMes, and I'd have to sacrifice bleeding edge performance, or otherwise replace parts right out of the box. None of the prebuilts had mobos with the options i wanted, and I fell in love with a particular chassis as well.
It was WORK. I was sweating clearances on my mail order parts until the day they all arrived. Was also worried about thermals because I'm on air, but it all worked out. Did my anxiety issues no favors though. 
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You shouldn't weld the hood on the car because eventually you need to change the oil and the opening to put new oil in is under the hood. Hoses and other stuff wear out too.
I guess the delay of Apple cars is probably a good thing because knowing them, they WOULD weld the hood shut just so you'd have to but a new car after a while.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
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That was basically what I was getting at. If I put that clip back in I can't service my computer if i need to upgrade the GPU or if the NVMe fails or something.
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Offline, I'm working on the restoration of a vintage industrial diesel railway locomotive. In the cab, a horizontal shaft extends the width of the cab, connecting a brake lever each end to a single air valve. The shaft is held by three brackets to the cab front sheet. Two of the brackets allow the rod to rotate freely, as it should; the third (central) one is rusted solid. Try as I might I can't free it, and in order to do so I need to unbolt the bracket so that I can whack it really hard with a big hammer and get it to rotate on the shaft. There's a bolt running from inside the cab, through the bracket with a nut on the outside of the cab. To get to the nut to release it, thereby freeing the bolt so I can whack the bracket, I need to remove not only the bonnet sheeting, but the fuel tank. The tank holds 50 gallons and extends the width of the bonnet - and is therefore huge; takes 4 people minimum to move it. A fuel pipe runs from under the tank to the fuel valve/injectors. I could undo it that end, but to get to the connector I'd need to remove further bonnet sheeting and then unbolt the inlet manifold (weighing around 50lb) and the air filters, and then the fuel injector; alternatively I could undo the pipe directly under the fuel tank; but the pipe is too close to the top of the flywheel to get a tray underneath to catch spilled fuel; so I'd need to take the flywheel off. That means dismantling the bearing assembly that holds the drive shaft, and then undoing the flexible coupling in the transmission.
What I don't understand is the amount of design and planning that went into the assembly of all this over 60 years ago. The shaft connecting the two brake handles had to be done before the transmission and fuel systems had been fully installed. WTF?    And that's just one of several such conundrums.
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Say what you will about the complexity of modern machines - often a fair criticism - I've noticed a LOT MORE thought goes into maintenance on say, newer vehicles than old relics. I wouldn't doubt that applies to old diesel locomotives vs the new diesel-electric pushers, for example. The latter may have more stuff to go wrong, but the stuff that commonly goes wrong is easier to get to overall.
I watch a lot of classic car restoration and customization shows (anxiety precludes me from watching other sorts of television due to drama) and what I've seen from 80 year old cars - regardless of condition - would curl your hair in terms of servicing them, and that's not accounting for not being able find parts. 
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Greetings & Kind Regards
May I please inquire for what so much storage is required.
-Kind Regards
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I didn't need 6TB, but I did need more than 2TB for a system drive because
A) I filled mine more than halfway
B) filling them more than 2/3, 3/4 or so leads to performance degradation on NVMe and SSD drives due to TRIM.
So I upgraded my system drive from the 2TB Samsung 990 Pro to the 4TB model.
I still have the 2TB drive in my system primarily to scavenge files off of it so I don't have to sweat losing stuff from my old installation and also because what am I gonna do? Throw it away? secondhand solid state drives are sketchy to resell. I wouldn't buy one.
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Wordle 956 3/6
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Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. -Frederick Nietzsche
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Ok, I have had my coffee, so you can all come out now!
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