★ DEVICE: STARFALL ★
| Component Type | Component Name |
|---|---|
| Device Model: | HP EliteDesk 800 G4 SFF |
| Processor: | Intel Core i5-8600 |
| Graphics Card: | Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
| Memory: | 24GB DDR4-2400 |
| Cache: | Crucial P3 Plus (500GB) |
| Array: | Recertified White-Labeled Drive (2x4TB, 7200rpm) |
| Operating System | Windows 10 IOT LTSC |
The Story
Starfall was a boredom purchase. No, really - we just wanted a project. So, after binging some Hardware Haven videos and digging through some Reddit threads, we settled on a machine that was small, compact, and had good-enough performance.
Starfall initially was specced out with 24GB of RAM. However, the kit of 16GB we had purchased had proven to be faulty, so ultimately that extra RAM was removed. This ended up causing quite a few headaches over time, as it led to constant corruption of disks. We went through several operating systems before realizing the OS wasn't the culprit, the RAM was. (We have since supplied it with a known-good RAM kit upgrade.)
In the past, Starfall was the basis of most of our personal infrastructure. However, presently, it instead lives on in our home setup designed to play Japanese arcade rhythm games.