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2933 seems to be about the limit. My 1700 would do that with Samsung memory, but wouldn't post with anything higher no matter what I did. Using Micron dual rank DIMMs, the limit was 2400MHz. It just wouldn't go higher.

In my experience, the higher RPM a drive runs at, the less reliable it is. If you're running an array, active cooling is pretty much a must. There is also the vibration to consider, and those things are LOUD. Not to mention how much juice they suck. Which is what did them in when SSDs appeared...

Just friendly interest. Is it the seek times or transfer rates you're interested in?

Ah. A true blast from the past. I'm impressed it still works, 10.000RPM drives have never been the most reliable. Before SSDs became a thing I used to run RAID0 36GB Raptors. Those were the days.

Ah. That's because society has graduated to the level of Reverse Darwinism. Survival of the most idiotic. Idiocracy wasn't meant to be a documentary. (Slight sidenote, egoism isn't really compatible with long term survival. That's a scientifically proven fact. Yes, I'm scared. Not because of...

Yup. Brainfart. USB2 ports are usually (NOT ALWAYS, SO BEWARE) hard fused with 2A, so that's the real limit.

That might be an issue. USB2 only supplies 500mA@5V, so around 5W. This might be on the low side for a HDD, particularly with a longer cable. But if it works, I wouldn't worry about it.

Windows 10? Well, there is your problem. Windows Update absolutely kills older CPUs. You could try a lightweight Linux distribution, but I wouldn't expect too much. Which leads to; As others have pointed out, a Turion X64 isn't exactly state of the art. It's based on AMDs K8 core, which was...

Yeah, I'm with you on that. Also because optical drives aren't the only use for 5.25" bays. As a work around, go external. You need something like this: https://icybox.de/product/archive/IB-550StU3S I makes choosing a case easier, since you don't have to worry about 5.25" bays. If you do...

Well, here prices have stayed pretty much at the same level for the last 10-odd years. So adjusting for inflation, BD drive prices have come down a little. The biggest factor in not becoming cheaper is all the various licencing schemes BD drives have to implement. It's not just Sony taking a...

It does sound like a PCIe configuration error. Maybe something is hardwired in a certain way on that particular board model that expects a PCIe x4 connection? The AM4 Athlons do have an odd PCIe layout, everything else on AM4 has a x4 connection to the PCH.

Ungh. Do we have to? ;)

Eh, you can do HDCP over DVI easily enough. My old (dual link DVI + Displayport) monitor is plenty capable of that. It's independent of the physical port. Except for VGA. No HDCP since it's analog.

I'm going to have to agree with that. There really isn't much point in HDCP at all. Eventually, the video has to be decoded to a point where you get an actual picture and actual sound out of it. Or you'd be watching static on your screen and hearing static in your speakers. Nobody has quite...

Yeah. I remember having to use Displayport-to-DVI adaptors for some Optiplexses (7010?, think it was Ivy Bridge-based) 10-odd years ago. But they -did- have dual Displayport output from the IGP, which was very nice for the time.