@brad Have you considered upgrading to 10 gig ethernet in the house? I recently updated everything that can be upgraded to it to that standard. I was able to find a lot of 4 server pull Intel X540-T1 cards on ebay for under $600 with shipping. I think it would be fun to see how high your upload/download speed could go. Personally, it was a 'because I'm bored' project for the house, but it was amazing how fast backups to the NAS finished after I was done. I'm using Cat 6a.
@brad I recently started a playthrough of New Vegas with some mods, mostly quality of life and texture mods. It's a pretty fragile game, but if you install the right mods, it's pretty stable and it certainly looks and acts a lot better than the base game. If you want, I can make a list of the ones I'm using for you.
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