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Please don't feel pressured to buy anything. You can also see the items on the list as my personal goals that I intend to purchase myself. The best way to support me is still through Patreon or by directly purchasing votes, as this helps me more significantly and allows me to save money to achieve my goals. Of course, I would be extremely grateful if you choose to buy a gift directly.
There are two links above, the second one is from Amazon UK because I found that some items are cheaper there.
Most of the items on my wishlist are related to computer hardware upgrades. However, due to the very few new requests in recent months, I might slow down video updates, take more time to rest and go out. Slowing down the updates will lead to a further decrease in requests. Therefore, upgrading hardware to pursue speed may not be a high priority at the moment. When I used to release three or more videos a day, rendering speed was a major headache.
The related items can be categorized as follows:
1. Mac Studio: Purchased in early 2022, this is my main work machine for daily tasks, and all editing work is done on it. Initially, a lot of rendering work was also done directly on this machine, but now, two years later, rendering has become very slow, and I can hardly do any other work while rendering. Initially, I could make video thumbnails while rendering. Of course, besides the gradual obsolescence of the hardware, this could also be due to the videos being more complex now than they were initially.
2. Windows PC: Other than upgrading the graphics card from 3080 to 4090 last year, the other hardware was purchased in early 2021. The PC's main tasks are Blender visualizer creation, MV video frame interpolation, and final video integration rendering. Currently, other than the graphics card, the other components may need upgrading, especially since editing with Blender often causes a lot of stuttering in the workspace.
3. NAS: Details about the NAS setup are available under the "Upgrades" section.
4. Hard Drives: The files for rendered videos, frame-interpolated MVs, Visualizers, etc., are all very large, so hard drive capacity has always been tight.
Ultra-budget Linux Server (November 2024)
One day, I came across an incredible deal on an AMD Ryzen 5 5500 CPU for just $50. Seizing the opportunity, I decided to use it as the foundation for building an ultra-budget Linux server. Remarkably, the entire build cost me only around $90. You might think this setup is completely inadequate, but it perfectly suits my niche needs.
Here's the setup:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Motherboard: BIOSTAR A320MH, second-hand, only $15, the cheapest motherboard I could find that supports the CPU
RAM: Colorful DDR4 3200 8G
Case/SSD: From a broken old build
Power Supply: BUBALUS 300W
DIY NAS (October 2024)
I initially had an entry-level Synology NAS a few years ago, which was my first introduction to NAS. Its performance was too poor, so I later replaced it with a NAS made from a retired mining machine, which improved performance but was suboptimal in terms of energy efficiency, noise, and stability, and it also damaged several hard drives.
After yet another hard drive failure in the old NAS, I finally decided to build my own NAS. This is my first time doing this, and in hindsight, some of the parts might not have been the best choices.
Here's the setup:
OS: Unraid (Unleashed License)
CPU: Intel 12400, taken from an old computer
Motherboard: MAXSUN B760M D4 WIFI
RAM: Gloway 32GB (16GBx2) DDR4 3600
Case: PADO F10, with 10 hard drive slots
Power Supply: Huntkey WD650K
Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X 120 Refined SE
Storage:
Cache: ZhiTai Ti600 Gen4 1TB
Cache: GVY 1TB
Parity1: WD My Book 14TB x1, from the old NAS
Parity2: TOSHIBA 12TB x1, second-hand
HDD: WD HC520 12TB x2, second-hand
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