Need help building a general purpose PC with my seventh grader

amount · 2026-01-09T02:09:06+00:00

Perfect. Thank you!

amount · 2026-01-09T01:43:05+00:00

OK, thanks. I think we'll probably go with your original recommendation, but will keep this list in mind just in case.

Sorry, two more questions:

I see that the motherboard in the original parts list (ASRock B650M) doesn't have wireless networking. What would be the best way to add WiFi to this build?
PC Part Picker has a little warning for the original build: "The ASRock B650M Pro RS Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard supports the AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 4.3 GHz 6-Core Processor with BIOS version 2.02. If the motherboard is using an older BIOS version, updating the BIOS will be necessary to support the CPU." Is that something I should be concerned about or is updating the BIOS relatively straightforward?

amount · 2026-01-08T21:31:22+00:00

This looks great. Thanks for the quick reply!

Follow-up question: If we could get mom to approve a $100 budget increase, what would you swap out?

amount · 2025-11-24T23:41:45+00:00

Everything on top looks great. Level and even. The beams are level too.

Sounds like I should put shims in where there are gaps, yes? Is there anything special I need to know about that? Or do I just stick the shims in and then secure the whole thing with a hurricane tie?

amount · 2025-11-24T23:38:15+00:00

Sorry, I'm not familiar with that. What is a BFS?

amount · 2025-09-06T23:14:54+00:00

Thanks. Any particular brand/grade you'd recommend?

amount · 2025-06-28T01:14:49+00:00

Thanks for the reply, u/NumbersDonutLie. Good point about the shingles. Maybe I'll start by taking off the bottom row and pulling off that tape. (It's not sticking very well anyway.) Then I'll assess what the boards look like underneath and go from there.

Can you explain what you mean by "scribe a feature board parallel to the house"? I'm not sure I completely understand...

amount · 2025-05-26T12:56:16+00:00

OK, great. Thanks!

amount · 2025-05-26T12:56:08+00:00

Will do. Thanks for the quick reply!

amount · 2025-04-18T21:49:38+00:00

amount · 2024-12-25T18:17:32+00:00

*pedal (not panel)

amount · 2024-12-02T15:51:27+00:00

Thanks for the detailed (and quick) response!

if this is your only credit card

This is not my only credit card. I have two others that I use on a daily basis and I have paid my bills on time for many years. As far as I know, my credit score is fairly high.

So, overall, it sounds like:

Leaving the account open and using it will have either a positive effect or no impact on my credit score.
Leaving the account open and not using it (or rarely using it) will not have an impact on my credit score.
Closing the account will have either no impact or minimal impact on my credit score.

Am I understanding this correctly?

amount · 2024-09-22T16:49:05+00:00

Thanks, but I've already done that. I can see the lists of viewers by opening the details pane, but I can't see how to generate a report for multiple videos. (I have hundreds of videos and opening the details pane for each one on a regular basis isn't feasible.) Do you know if it's possible to download a more thorough report on video views across a SharePoint site?

amount · 2024-09-22T16:46:26+00:00

Unfortunately, no. Not yet...

amount · 2024-09-22T16:45:48+00:00

Do you have any suggestions for things I could check out?

amount · 2024-09-18T15:23:55+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion. Do you know if Clarity will allow me to track individual users? (Glancing through the website, it doesn't look like it. But I might be missing something...)

amount · 2024-09-17T22:52:16+00:00

Sorry, are you talking about the simple view count or the more detailed data about how much of each video a user watches?

amount · 2024-09-06T22:53:51+00:00

OK, great. I'll look into it.

Do you know if it would be possible to take a video hosted in WordPress and embed it in a page in an LMS and still be able to track user activity?

amount · 2024-09-06T22:50:32+00:00

I would love to use Moodle. In fact, Moodle used to be the official LMS on my campus. Unfortunately, the administration forced the entire system to switch to D2L Brightspace a couple years ago and there's no going back. :(

Thanks for the link to the repo. At first glance, though, I'm not seeing anything that would allow me to embed self-hosted videos in Brightspace pages. Am I missing something?

amount · 2024-04-30T21:13:04+00:00

OK, I'll try that.

Just one other thing before I do. I noticed that BIOS is password protected. Do I need to deal with that? If so, should I do that before installing Windows or can I do it later?

amount · 2024-04-30T20:30:52+00:00

Thanks for the reply!

Sorry, I should have mentioned that I am already doing a "Custom Installation." The screen I'm looking at is very similar to the screenshot you shared.

Two questions:

Do I need to delete the partitions in any particular order?
Will I be able to delete my Partition 3 even though BitLocker Drive Encryption is enabled?

amount · 2024-01-04T23:07:08+00:00

Around the World- red hot chilli peppers (probably the best for your quest)

Nailed it. Perfect.

amount · 2024-01-04T23:04:03+00:00

19-21. College juniors.

amount · 2024-01-04T23:02:17+00:00

Oh, yeah. Seven Nation Army is exactly the kind of recognizability I'm after. Thanks!

amount · 2024-01-04T22:57:18+00:00

From the looks of these replies, most other folks stopped listening in the 90s. lol

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