That’s right, the Q6600. An Intel chip from 10 years ago has been serving my NAS systems for the past 6 years, prior to that it was my gaming chip and now it has finally been decommissioned for the new competitor on the block; a Ryzen R5 1400. Since setting up my Freenas machine 6 years ago (8.0.2 anyone?) serving…
Month: August 2017
Fun with British ISP’s
It’s been some time since my last update, but in that time I’ve been busy “fixing” issues with my home internet. Basically, our CAB (The green box which links homes to the ISP backbone and then the internet) is oversubscribed, meaning there are more people on the CAB then there realistically should be and everyone’s speeds are dropped to compensate.…