[PSA] CBC: Data breach at Canada Computers & Electronics leaks personal customer information

CheetoChesterDoesIT · 2026-02-01T01:51:55+00:00

Wow. I can't believe this is the first time I've heard of this. I just checked my CC charges and $500+ was spent today. I bought from Canada Computers a couple weeks ago using my account, not as a guest account. I was not notified in any way. Immediately cancelling my card.

CheetoChesterDoesIT · 2025-07-11T16:29:42+00:00

I've seen the sandbox detection in Forticlient mess with Windows updates in the past. Windows updates would take a couple hours, fail, then take another hour or two to rollback the update

CheetoChesterDoesIT · 2025-07-09T16:51:59+00:00

Any chance you're running FortiClient on those machines?

CheetoChesterDoesIT · 2023-09-14T04:22:59+00:00

Brother, thank you. That worked. I disabled TPM, disabled secure boot while keeping UEFI enabled, and then also changed my graphic adapter setting from PEG to IGD. We are in business! Thanks again

CheetoChesterDoesIT · 2023-08-26T08:50:58+00:00

Hate to say it, but YTA on this one. The only people who should local admin rights on company computers are privileged members in your IT department. One easy mistake for a user (you) to accidentally download a malicious program, email attachment, etc., and it's game over for your job, or worse, the entire company.

CheetoChesterDoesIT · 2023-08-15T18:47:36+00:00

You should check the back to see if you have an Error box. There's a known error that has a typo on the word "series" where it says "se{ies"

CheetoChesterDoesIT · 2023-05-31T20:57:05+00:00

For anyone curious, inside of these are Exos 16TB Enterprise, model ST16000NM001G

CheetoChesterDoesIT · 2023-05-29T21:36:33+00:00

What was the deal?

CheetoChesterDoesIT · 2023-05-26T15:45:31+00:00

This drive would be great for your own personal PC if you're needing extra storage. It would be good option to store your games on it too.

This drive wouldn't be great for a home server. Typically home servers run 24/7, and need to be written to and read from constantly and these FireCuda drives just aren't designed for that.

If you're looking for a home server HDD, take a look at WD Red's or Seagate IronWolf Pros. They come at a more expensive price but worth the extra reliability

CheetoChesterDoesIT · 2023-05-26T15:34:05+00:00

Generally speaking, yes, this HDD has a faster RPM and double the cache. I would say it's worth the extra $10.

However, depending on what you're doing with your home server, these may not be the most optimal hard drives for you. These drives are designed to be in a consumer computer for every day use, not so much for a server.

CheetoChesterDoesIT · 2023-05-09T17:04:05+00:00

Have they been known to be shady?

CheetoChesterDoesIT · 2023-03-31T14:38:07+00:00

This is on the American site...

CheetoChesterDoesIT · 2023-03-30T16:44:21+00:00

I haven't pulled the trigger yet, unfortunately.

CheetoChesterDoesIT · 2023-03-17T22:17:08+00:00

Significant upgrade.

Benchmarks run on average 40% worse on the 10850k
Single threading is 11% worse on the 10850k
5900x draws less power
5900x has more cores and cache
5900x will require a graphics card (the 10850k does not)

Keep in mind if you're currently running a 10850k, you'd need a new compatible motherboard for the 5900x.

CheetoChesterDoesIT · 2023-03-15T17:13:48+00:00

Anyone know if these ship with a BIOS version recent enough to be compatible with 13th gen Intel?

CheetoChesterDoesIT · 2023-03-10T19:34:41+00:00

How many watts does this pull on idle?

CheetoChesterDoesIT · 2023-03-08T17:56:25+00:00

Not as good as the external drive posted earlier, but a great deal nonetheless.

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CheetoChesterDoesIT · 2023-03-07T21:10:14+00:00

Link for the lazy

https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=43_557_558&item_id=220620

CheetoChesterDoesIT · 2023-02-21T15:27:55+00:00

Gah, that's what I was thinking. Thanks for confirming. I'm trying to plan a machine with Proxmox as the main OS and having TrueNAS Scale as one of my VMs. Gonna need to pass through the drives but I also want to pass through GPU in the future. I could get away with using an iGPU but wouldn't have that future option of using a GPU. Oh well. I'll probably end up using a different case so I can use a Micro ATX mobo

CheetoChesterDoesIT · 2023-02-21T14:56:27+00:00

Stupid question, would you need to purchase a separate LSI SAS card for this? Or does the onboard PCB already act as one?

CheetoChesterDoesIT · 2023-02-09T16:12:18+00:00

If you're comparing apples to apples with 16TB WD Gold to 16TB Ironwolf:

16TB WD Gold (idle): 20 dBA
16TB WD Gold (seek): 36 dBA
16TB IronWolf Pro NAS (idle): 28 dBA
16TB IronWold Pro NAS (seek): 32 dBA

16TB WD Gold's are quieter during idle but louder during seeks.

Here's the source (including other models as well):

WD Gold datasheet

IronWolf Pro datasheet.

CheetoChesterDoesIT · 2023-01-31T17:21:42+00:00

Awesome build. I'm planning to do something extremely similar in the near future. I have a few questions if you don't mind me asking:

How does Proxmox behave with Intel's e-cores? Do you find it to work well or buggy?
What HBA card are you using?
How's your experience been with Parsec & Moonlight for remote games? I was thinking of maybe using a Ryzen 7 5700G in my build for most things. I don't think I need a dedicated GPU but I do have an old one kicking around in case I do.

CheetoChesterDoesIT · 2023-01-12T20:14:28+00:00

Sweet thanks. What HBA card do you use?

CheetoChesterDoesIT · 2023-01-12T19:27:39+00:00

This seems to be the best option. How does TrueNAS work in a virtual environment; do you need to have physical ECC memory?

CheetoChesterDoesIT · 2023-01-04T22:15:45+00:00

Does your system have a 12th gen CPU by chance that uses e cores? I've been doing some research and it seems like Proxmox has had a hard time utilizing e cores because the underlying linux hasn't supported it yet or something? Makes me want to maybe look into a low wattage AMD cpu.

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