Posts Tagged ‘Kubuntu’
Silent PC GPU upgrade
29Dec25
TL;DR Nvidia have ended Linux support for my ‘Pascal’ GTX 1050 Ti GPU. I’ve been able to fit an RTX 5050 card in its place, though the process was problematic due to driver issues. And I’m still concerned that it can only be limited to 110W when my passive cooling is rated up to 75W. […]
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Tags: 1050 Ti, 5050, console, cooling, drivers, GPU, grub, GTX, Kubuntu, Linux, NVidia, Palit, passive, power, RTX, silent, StormX
Silent PC upgrade
18Mar25
TL;DR After 6.5y+ of service my PC needed a refresh – so it has a new motherboard, CPU, RAM and SSD, and I’ve taken the opportunity to switch to Linux. It’s still completely silent, but noticeably faster :) Background I built a Silent PC based on a Streacom DB4 case back in the summer of […]
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Tags: benchmark, CPU, DB4, Intel, Kubuntu, Linux, motherboard, PC, QuietPC, RAM, silent, ssd, Streacom, Ubuntu
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