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So media pc is getting long in the tooth (j1900). I have a left over 2200g. I have a 450b based mobo. Im not sure if i should spend $40-50 on 2x4 or 1x8 for memory. If i buy 2x4, they will just be thrown in the trash some day because they will be worthless, but an 8 gig stick could still be...

So i have a 2600x, and an amd rewards account, and redeemed the code to get the division 2. I also want far cry 5(why its $15 on console and $60 on pc is another story). I have a buddy with intel/nvidia setup that also wants the division 2 and farcry 5. he does not have an amd rewards...

https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-3000-cpu-notebooks-asus-tuf-gaming-fx705-fx505-available/ So its A 3000, BUUUUUUUT its not zen 2. If they do this to desktops, with just a mem refresh and new igpu, its may not be good. Soon we may have to make charts again to figure out what we are buying.

So i have a gamerx 1070 that im comfortable with for gaming on my 1440p 144hz freesync monitor. I do not want to upgrade to the space heater vega 64 for an extra $200-250. However i am running a hand me down space heater i7-3930K. So what im looking to do is run the freesync "trick" of using...

So the current media pc is a j1900 with a GT610(passive cooled) so i can output HD audio passthru. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_PureVideo So the retail GT 610 has VP5 decoder engine. Im wondering if there would be a quality improvement with H264 if i upgrade to the new $70 gt...

So in 2009 I guess there was a super sale or something, and i bought 5-10 1g tubes of mx-2, and just threw them everywhere. Well im still using them... Internet knowledge would say to toss the stuff after about 3 years, and re apply every 3-4 years. Last time i used the stuff was last...

http://www.ratzblog.com/2014/08/reducing-dell-poweredge-pe-295029002800.html http://www.blackfiveservices.co.uk/fanspeedcalc.php?Voltage=12&Current=1.5&Target=9 http://www.ohmslawcalculator.com/ohms-law-calculator I must not know how dc brushless fans work. Dell uses 60mm fans that are rated...

So i have a rather expensive onkyo setup for my pc audo, and in order to play games with surround sound i need dts live or dolby digital live encoding. The receiver is not modern enough to accept 5+ channel pcm from a hdmi plug. However i cant find a trim level of AM4 boards that have the...

I have a dell poweredge R720 2U server, corsair carbide 500R case, and possibly a noisy 24port POE switch. I was thinking of making a hush box for all of this since a noise isolation rack is like $1500+. Im just not sure where to start. I was honestly thinking of putting a 55 gallon drum on...

So i was given a 3930k and a few "try me" lga 2011 asus mobos from a friend that just wanted to launch the system into the wall due to random reboots. Its been hell on him for 4 years now. I think it may be due to trying to run 32 gig via 8 4 gig sticks that are 1.5v 1600mhz. I have heard...

So hipacritly, if you accepted the win10 upgrade, did the "fresh install option", and decided you wanted to go back to win7 in the future, how would you do it? Can you use any normal win7 install media and grab the key from win10 before you blow it away? Do you have to call in and give the...

I have a piece of industrial equipment that has a 486 in it. It just boots dos 6.22 to some kind of windows gui for running the machine. I can take the 486 out and remove the ide hard drive. I can also get to its bios. What i want to do is clone the 20+ year old install to a CF card or...

The wifi is limited to 2-3mbs in the barn, so the elderly parents cant cast to the chromecast 2, unless i some how manually set all their phones to 1.5mbs streaming. Do they make a wired device they could cast to? I know i can get a $15-20 wired adapter for the chromecast, but i would rather...

So i have a 770gtx and about $200 burning a hole in my pocket. I have one of those qnix 2560 x 1440 monitors. Games are mostly diablo 3, x-com enemy, and unreal engine titles. Future titles will be at least xcom2 this winter. Logic says unreal and blizzard like nvidia, however that 390...

So my FM2+ setup with a AMD A6-6400K Richland. Unfortunatly its for a low power server, and the server went from idling 50 watts with a gen1 i3, to 70 watts with the A6. Is there a way to tune the A6 down or something so im not losing 30 bucks a year in idle power? Id even be up to replacing...

Ok I need a cheap replacement mobo and chip. Im just going to be gaming and surfing, no encoding or other stuff. Im Trying to stay under $200. What i got so far: Corsair Carbide Series 500R Arctic White Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower 2 sets (4 4 gig dimms) of KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX kingston...

Ok so amd price gouging started around the beginning of november. So it takes 60-90 days to have a rig paid off. So who has a rig paid off that built it in the last 90 days and post your numbers. And by paid off i mean converted the lite/doge to real cash, and not paid off using previous rigs.

So i have a asus rt-n66u running tomato. These settings seem to do the trick for: -keeping guests from getting access to the router -keeping guests from getting access to the cable modem (192.168.100.1) -keeping guests from hopping from their subnet to the main subnet Ive tested this...

Im building a headless server. In my parts bin i have 2 mobos the Gigabyte H55M-UD2H and the Asus P7H55-M Pro. Im not sure which one to pick, based solely on reliability. On one hand the asus has a better power supply, and a heatsink on 3/4 of the regulators, but it has electrolytic caps...

Lets assume a good everyday deal on a gtx 780 is $500 and a good deal on a gtx 770 is $350. If the gtx 780 is only 15% faster, what is the reason to spend 40%-50% more on a gtx 780? Im not trolling, im just trying to figure out why every thread is about a 780, and yes i coupon stacked and...

I dont get it. Ive flashed 2 diff firmwares on it, it gets great signal, i can pull 12 meg a second from the home server 15ft away through a wall. however any wifi device that doesnt have a asus wifi card in it, sucks on the internet. I have a tablet,nexus 4, and a dell notebook, all of them...

So i decided to replace my space heater with a 7870 due to the deals. After boxing with the blizards settings to not get it to error out and only play 30fps, its still no faster than my 480. I got only of those 2560x1440 monitors. At that rez i can max out everything but shadow detail, and...

So my $70 mobo doesnt have optical out this time around (h77). My current craptastic usb optical out sound card only supports pcm 2 channel, no dd or dts. I was looking at the http://www.amazon.com/Syba-SD-PEX63034-Channel-Surround-Envy24DT/dp/B00778G78C via Envy24DT Chipset units but they...

Im testing some new 2Tb + drives and using this command from an ubuntu cd: badblocks -c 10240 -s -w -v /dev/sda1 It runs through the test, then says done. Even with the -v it does say good or bad or anything. Does "done" mean no bad blocks?

Ok i may or may not be upgrading to a 1440p display. This will be dual link dvi. However i would also like to upgrade to multi channel audio via the hdmi connector. Is it possible to send audio via the hdmi connector to my receiver, and video to my monitor via the dvi connector? Or am i...

Ok spinrite does not work on 1tb or larger formated disks with the new mbr replacement. I have not tryed it on a 1.5tb without an mbr. Anyway is there a replacement (prefer free) for testing a large harddrive that is formated? Im not sure if the samsung/seatools software flips the bits...

I for the life of me cant get asrock's cpu quiet to function right. I have 2 settings in the bios, cpu temp, and fan speed level. It seems that no mater the cpu temp, the fan runs at the speed level i set. I thought i was to set the cpu temp at like 55c, then set the fan to level 9(max), then...

Ok i do alot of pc repair and i normally just say hell with it and reinstall windows. I was wondering if anyone knew how to make a jump drive work as a multi install drive. Like having a grub menu and picking xp,vista, or ubuntu and then running the install. Right now i can only have one os...

I havent bought a computer with a restore parition in a long time and dont know what to do. Im getting a xps m1330 in the mail tomarrow and would like to to a FULL image backup of the hard drive, so when i sell it, i can just pop the image back on and it will be like when i first opened the...

Ok i have this old computer at work that we use everyday that uses a floppy drive for the data. Well the disks are dying and the drive will give out some time. Is there something i can plug into the floppy cable to emulate a floppy drive, yet use modern storage like a flash drive? I only need...

Im trying to setup my htpc and cant get avc1 (x264/h264) hardware decoding to work with my 8500gt. In avi it works fine (no jitter and 1-4% cpu), but in mkv format powerdvd7.3 filters either dont play or just play the first frame. In order to play a mkv i have to turn off hardware decoding...

Well im offing my raid 5 array. 2 fresh from rma (still sealed) seagate 7200.9 160gb sataII $30 each 3 seagate 7200.9 160gb sataII , long formated and passed seatools long test $30 each 1 seagate 7200.7 160gb sataI (yet it hot swaps fine???) long formated and passed seatools long test $25...

Well i use a hard drive as a back up (how many dvds would that take????) and i wanted to run this by some one. I use sataII. Im set up for hot swap. And i thought about installing a hard drive power switch to shut off the backup drive when im not backing up. I could use a 2 pole single throw...

I give up and humble myself before you. I have a msi g33m. http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&prod_no=1184&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=170 its got the ICH9/ICH9R Chipset. I want to run xp in sata native mode. Using both the intel site and the msi site f6 disk, xp can not see...

Well im selling my baby now that i got a projector in the theater. Rev A02, firmware rev 15. Transferable warranty expires on 12/5/2009. Was cleaned only with monster cable screen cleaner. It was used as a screen for my home theater, with no pets or kids. Will be shipped in the original...

Well in my quest to merge my pc with my tv, i was looking into 120hz lcds. 30fps gets devided evenly into 120hz, and so does 24fps. What i couldnt find an answer to was if i could run a computer at 120hz or what it would do with a computer input. AKA could i get a 120hz tv set, set my pc to...

I have a dell 3007wfp and its really hard to read text all day on it ( like my 15.4" 1280/800 notebook alot better) with its ubber 2560/1600 rez. I cant seem to get the fonts bigger using xp. If i go into advanced setting and set the dpi to 125%, all it does is increase the size of text for...

Ive installed vista on my dell 1705 (7800) and my home system (vista64 7600gt). When i go into control panel, hit advanced in display, I dont see the custom timings option, on either system. I really need this to use my 1360/768 timings for my monitor, and power strip doesnt seem to work right...