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Less than a week

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We’ve just dropped below a week until my new FTTP service is scheduled for install. I’ve been doing a bit of prep work in anticipation as well, the CHR is back alive on a new server, low powered Xeon this time rather than monster. With the new efficiencies of RouterOS it’s now more capable than ever and I am “only” going to be pushing 1Gb max.

I’ve also upgraded it to ROSv7 so I can take advantage of the newer queueing algorithms, FQ_CoDel being the main one I wanted to get my hands on but I will try with CAKE once things have settled down although I hopeful that with a 1000/115 connection I shouldn’t need to QoS much of anything.

After a small break away…

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I’m semi back. Not fully into the swing of things as I don’t thing the online gaming will ever reignite but the networky bit may evolve slightly into less Mikrotik, more variety and possibly some connectivity stuff as well.

Anyway… First update for a while, notable things to mention, PC has been upgraded to 12th Gen i7, laptop has changed now to an M1 Air and I’m moved away from the Ubiquiti wireless onto Zyxel Nebula.

Now that’s out of the way, living in the small out of city town I do, FTTP is due to be installed in 2 weeks. Fingers crossed it goes well (Openreach can go without issues sometimes).

PC Upgrades – Maxxing my platform

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Following on from the motherboard upgrade I was left wanting just that bit more. I did a full delid and repaste on the 8700K but it didn’t quite quench the thirst so decided to take the plunge on an i9 9900K. Whilst the PC was apart I’ve dropped in another 16GB of RAM so for now I am classing my platform as maxxed out. Not that it was straining before, it’s absolutely not going to sweat now and this will also improve the render times when I’m creating videos.

Now to sit on my hands until H2 2020 when the new 3080Ti’s are out!