As you already know i fed up using [modern Ryzen/Radeon hardware] and decided to go a bit retro. Cheap Chinese clone mobos and second-hand high-performance cpu’s of previous generations induced me to rebuild my workstation and also fool around with Opteron-based server.
Here is [very detailed spreadsheet comparision] of almost all available Chinese x79/x89/x99 boards on the market.

Just watched 9.5 out of 11 episodes of this [zombie soap opera] . Oh, my! What a waste! Lil’ breakdown of main key features: interesting story-line at the beginning, but rapidly degrading into repeating marasmic rave [end of episode 8 is a peak of delirium] frequent meaningless dialogs diluted by zombie cameos low quality acting is a frequent thing also [hi goes out to captain Karl, boy with dumb sheriff hat permanently glued directly to his head, later on was replaced by little girl with the same hat] after disappearance of Rick [main character], series completely lost meaning of existence Highly encourage you not to repeat my mistake and do something useful instead of wasting time on this “masterpiece”!

This is a second revision of question “Why your blog doesn’t have commentary section?” and “How do you come up with such stupid decision?” First one is [here] . Once again, i don’t see any convincing point, which forces me to incorporate comments section. Reasons not to do this: overwhelming amount of AD spam-robots to fight with overwhelming amount of political/propaganda human flame wars to resolve overwhelming amount of nonsense/emoji commentaries to delete I better spend my spare time on something more useful.

UPDATED ON: 2022-08-13 ▒ PREFACE WORDS As you remember, my [previous daily driver was Ryzen 9590x 16c/32t] . After some fun with it I’ve decided to drop it in favor to retro stuff. Intel Xeon CPU based around Broadwell tech: [E5-2696v4 22c/44t] became the chip of the choice. It is OEM version of top of the line [Xeon E5-2699v4] . It is a bit slower, around marginal 3-4%, but costs significantly less than 2699v4.

Couple days back virtual friend of mine send me a link to awesome website mainly dedicated to [vintage computer fonts] . I suppose that project’s roots come from demoscene. And yeah, design aesthetics is so cool, just look at that. Stashing it here for catalogue purposes. Imagery by spacedrone808 @Adobe Imagery by spacedrone808 @Freepik

Not long ago [already reviewed] in the past Firefox forks Icecat and [Iceweasel] for some reason went into 404 void due to applied sanctions to Russia. So, i was forced to find an alternative way and stumbled upon Chinese builds of [Iceweasel] . Just want to digest this historical fact as a blog post. Imagery by spacedrone808 @Adobe Imagery by spacedrone808 @Freepik

Since i’ve switched to [fanless GPU] from Nvidia and began to monitor Windows 7 driver related news. So, here is a [link to the latest] to date Windows 7 driver . It’s really neat to hear that Nvidia is not dropping driver support for Windows Classics . Red team from AMD can’t demonstrate such coolness in this category. Lastest GPU drivers for Windows 7 will be available [here] .

[Essential documentary] film about creators of [PirateBay] torrent resource. TPB AFK: THE PIRATE BAY AWAY FROM KEYBOARD [SOUNTRACK ID NEEDED] Can anyone identify tracks playing at 15:58 and 58:09? Thoughts of yours can be shared via my [contacts section] . Imagery by spacedrone808 @Adobe Imagery by spacedrone808 @Freepik

Track that brings some nostalgia and feeling of unrealized potential, which was left in the past forever. TATU - DON’T REGRET Imagery by spacedrone808 @Adobe Imagery by spacedrone808 @Freepik

Inspiring adventure movie about geographical findings of Norwegian explorer of the past. MOVIE TRAILER Imagery by spacedrone808 @Adobe Imagery by spacedrone808 @Freepik

Just to let you know. [BENCHMARK YOUR HARDWARE] [CPU COMPARISON] [GPU COMPARISON] Imagery by spacedrone808 @Adobe Imagery by spacedrone808 @Freepik

TAKE MY JOB AWAY SPACE SONG NO ESCAPE [FROM BALKAN/RUSSIA/WHATEVER] Imagery by spacedrone808 @Adobe Imagery by spacedrone808 @Freepik

As far as i remember i never suggested any book for reading. SO HERE IS [ONE] . Don’t want to describe anything. It simply must be read by any means. Just wanted to share one of my favourite Sci-Fi books ever. Imagery by spacedrone808 @Adobe Imagery by spacedrone808 @Freepik

Comedy thriller genre. Everybody have to [hide something] . MOVIE TRAILER Imagery by spacedrone808 @Adobe Imagery by spacedrone808 @Freepik

Actually, i do not like soap TV operas at all. However, this one just hit the spot in a right way. I suppose that Narcos is the best long TV series i ever run into for the whole of my life. This is a story of famous Colombian drug lord, who made his way from complete poverty to the richest man of the world. His [overall year profit] was much bigger than income of big corporations of the time, like General Electric.

Recently [Ghacks.net] reported about almost unreal rumour regarding [another 3 years of extended support for Windows 7] . If news are true, consider this as a gift from above, because i can’t stand windows 10/11 abominations and Linux is just not ready for serious multimedia workstation workloads. Imagery by spacedrone808 @Adobe Imagery by spacedrone808 @Freepik

A GRAND DAY OUT [1989] THE WRONG TROUSERS [1993] A CLOSE SHAVE [1995] THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT TRAILER [2005] A MATTER OF LOAF AND DEATH [2008] Also, don’t forget about [Contraptions] mini-series. Imagery by spacedrone808 @Adobe Imagery by spacedrone808 @Freepik

In previous posts i’ve [already mentioned] Andrew Saga’s rants about history of music tracking, but i think that provided info are not covering topic fully. So, here is one more excellent video clip, which i dug up on yt recently. Enjoy! Imagery by spacedrone808 @Adobe Imagery by spacedrone808 @Freepik

[GeForce 1650Ti] is the fastest passively cooled GPU avaialable on market. It was made by Palit company and carries KalmX branding. Recently, i finished my Blender investigations and that is why i don’t need [Radeon 6900xt] power anymore. So, i decided to switch to something without fan with decent performance. KalmX design solely relies on massive radiator. Despite the fact that device doesn’t have any fans it provides pretty good performance.

BBS is acronym which stands for [Bulletin board system] . It was a distant ancestor of modern internet. In our days of totally non-private web cultivated by google, facebook and apple and other rotten companies BBS could be a neat solution to people who value their privacy and who don’t want to feed greedy corporations with telemery data of their own. Also tech will be useful for people who would like to hide themselves from modern shitty trends and stupid brainwashing or so-called government propaganda.

One more top-quality Spanish movie, this time it is [intense detective story] . OFFICIAL TRAILER Imagery by spacedrone808 @Adobe Imagery by spacedrone808 @Freepik

New gem by Roosevelt! PASSION [FEAT. NILE RODGERS] PASSION WORKFLOW Imagery by spacedrone808 @Adobe Imagery by spacedrone808 @Freepik

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. Nineteen Eighty-Four, also known as 1984, is a 1984 British dystopian science fiction film written and directed by Michael Radford, based upon George Orwell’s 1949 novel of the same name. Film follows the life of Winston Smith, a low-ranking civil servant in a war-torn London ruled by Oceania, a totalitarian superstate. Smith struggles to maintain his sanity and his grip on reality as the regime’s overwhelming power and influence persecutes individualism and individual thinking on both a political and personal level.

Non-prepaid vintage hardware reviewer based in UK. Streaming not only about retro tech, but adds some life experience touch. Likes freedom speech and don’t contact much with corrupted government “authorities”. HIGH TREASON 610 AKA DX ZEFF ===> YT STREAM <=== [PERSONAL FORUM] [HT610 SITE] Imagery by spacedrone808 @Adobe Imagery by spacedrone808 @Freepik

[Brutal Doom] is an ultra high-quality remaster of [classic DOOM] . vastly improved graphics and sound extremely intense action insane amounts of blood, death animations, dismemberments, headshots, executions, fire and explosion particles, flares countless settings and tweakable parameters and much more [Hi-Q music mod] ► goes great with Brutal Doom and enhance it’s violent atmosphere even more. Music pack aims to create a Metal experience. Every original midi song of the game has been replaced by remakes using real instruments.

Spain countinue to amaze me. Third film in a row. Today it is [The Good Boss] . Country produce top quality drama films, which are spiced up with very solid and mature humour. THE GOOD BOSS TRAILER Imagery by spacedrone808 @Adobe Imagery by spacedrone808 @Freepik

[DJ Incognito] is a person who curated music selection for Russian literary radio show [Model Dlia Sborki] [MDS]. It was aired on 106.8 FM in mid 90s. The concept of the show was reading SciFi stories, which were backed with modern electronic music. Music styles revolved from ambient-trance to trip-hop. DJ Incognito always provided unique’n’immersive atmosphere to the show. It’s a pity that he is no longer in project anymore.

Intense [paranoiac detective story] right to spent your evening profitably. BLACKBOX TRAILER Imagery by spacedrone808 @Adobe Imagery by spacedrone808 @Freepik

A bit slow paced at the beginning, but violently fast at the end [mature tragicomedy] with solid elements of black humour. Argentina and Spain conjunction [already showed] to us their capabilities. EL CUENTO DE LAS COMADREJAS TRAILER Imagery by spacedrone808 @Adobe Imagery by spacedrone808 @Freepik

[Mitch] produces first class retrowave music. Using [Renoise] tracker as the main composing tool. Made majority of tunes for [KungFury] movie. Also make sure to check out [Impact Winter soundtrack] . Very rare quality. Overall atmosphere is simply overwhelming. BREEZE BREAKING WAVES GALAXY TRAIN THROUGH THE BREACH Imagery by spacedrone808 @Adobe Imagery by spacedrone808 @Freepik

UPDATED ON: 2023-09-20

As you may already know Renoise supports installation of additional tools to extend software functionality beyond the boundaries of existence.
Here is my personal collection of best addon tools for Renoise.