Majawat

I don't print a ton, just an object here and there: like board game upgrades, etc.

As a result, buying 1kg spools, especially in many different colors, is both expensive up-front and takes up a lot of storage space.

For example:

• In the board game Root there are up-to 9 factions with their own color scheme for the most part: upgrades.
• I usually use eSun PLA+ at $25/kg
• Not counting other pieces/colors, that's $225 in filament upfront. But only needing like ~500g total.
• Sure, I'd have the rest of that filament for future projects, but now I've got to store all that for an indeterminant time that I have another project with that color.

Are there any manufacturers that sell affordable, low-volume amounts of filament? Maybe half kg or even 250g? I'm in the United States if that matters.

Closest I've found is Sunlu filament, but that's only sold in bundles (what happens when I run out of a color and need just another 250g?) and I have some concerns over the quality and business practices I've seen online.

My unRAID server has 12 data drives, 2 parity drives, and 3 SSD cache pools. Plus dual Xeons on a SuperMicro ATX board.

I currently have the Deep Silence 5 case by Nanoxia. But things are cramped. I've filled all the standard drive bays, plus put in a 4-bay 5.25 enclosure. But I still have one of the SSDs just floating around.

What would a better case to put all this stuff in?

I'm having some issues with my Plex's stability and was curious what the community thinks about their chosen OS and Plex.

~~(If there's a better site than SurveyMonkey for polls, let me know and I'll re-do it)~~

Edit: turns out SurveyMonkey can only show me the first 10 responses. I'll re-do this survey soon!

The results for those 10 was 3 Windows, 3 Linux, 2 MacOS, 1 NAS, 1 Proxmox. All stable except my answer.

But feel free to comment below what OS you run on, and whether you find it stable! Thanks!

I'm buying a Dell S3422DWG (34" WQHD curved monitor), mainly based off rtings' suggestion) and my price range.

I currently have 2x Dell U2414H and 1x ASUS VG278HR.

My plan is to use the S3422DWG as my primary, and have the U2414Hs on either side in Portrait, no longer using the ASUS. Kind of like this setup. I work in IT (multiple remote connections at a time) and also do some gaming, nothing crazy.

Computer side, I've got an NVIDIA RTX 2060 with DP, HDMI, and DVI outputs. I'm thinking the DP port to the S3422DWG, and HDMI and DVI-HDMI to the U2414Hs.

I no longer have the original stands for the U2414Hs, so I'll probably need to get some monitor arms. Unfortunately all 3 monitors have recessed 100x100 VESA mounts.

Questions

• How's my plan in general? Anything you'd do differently?
• Will having mixed refresh rates be an issue for gaming?
• Worst case, I could turn off the 60hz monitors when gaming I guess.
• Any issues with the cabling?
• What monitor arms should I get for the 2 U2414Hs? Does it matter, or are they pretty much the same.
• I doubt there's a dual arm setup that would allow me to have the ultrawide in the middle, so I'm assuming I'd need two?
• Anything I'm not thinking of?