Recent content by skyrunner

Hi I used to be able to get sound on my monitor through the HDMI port but this no longer seems to work. The monitor sound is fine when I connect a laptop to the monitor via the HDMI port, and I can get sound from the desktop when using the headphone port on the desktop. I am running Ubuntu...

Sorry, I hadn't noticed that you'd suggested a complete new configuration. Thanks a lot for all your help, greatly appreciated.

OK, I'll aim to source some quality RAM - though I believe I'll need to buy some minimum RAM from PCS for them to build and test before shipping. What are your thoughts on the motherboard? Apologies for all the questions but I want to make sure that the system is reasonably well-balanced...

Starting with 64GB and then upgrading later seems more sensible than downgrading the CPU.

I'd like to keep it under £2k

Thanks for your advice Vergaro98. I agree with you about the Threadripper but it's a question of keeping the budget under control! What do you see as the problem with the PSU and the Mobo I've chosen - do you have any recommendations? And thanks for the reassurance about Linux.

Hi I'm looking for a new desktop for astro image processing, specifically using the Pixinsight software. I need lots of RAM (128GB) and a fast processor with a decent number of threads. And for optimum speed I am planning to run the software under Linux. First question, does this spec look...