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A better approach is to get hardware that can support iommu virtualization, so you can do a KM + QEMU passthrough. That way you can run windows 7 in a VM with no performance loss.
here's a list to get started: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IOMMU-supporting_hardware

New to building a machine. Mostly will use it for programming on linux. Can /tech rate this? pcpartpicker.com/list/WFZwVY

If you are mostly programming you are spending way too much on the CPU and you should downgrade that to a 150-200 dollar CPU.

Asrock is recommended to stay away from, PSU is subpar and I wouldn't touch a 330 dollar CPU and that PSU in a lifetime.

cpu is probably overkill like user said. if what you're really after is moar cores, consider getting an older generation used i7, or a xeon. otherwise, i5 is reasonable.

No such thing, m8. You can pick either freedom or performance, but not both.

Ignoring that, it's good. Overkill if you're just programming, but maybe it's worth it if you do a lot of compilation or you're programming some CPU-intensive shit

Stuck deciding between the Corsair 400q or Phanteks p400s computer case. Should I just get the phanteks because it's cheaper, or is the Corsair worth paying extra for?

Mostly reiterative, but:
CPU is overkill. Unless you're compiling heavily, you can drop down to even a $70 Athlon X4 860K and be perfectly alright.
If you're set on a mini-ITX build and set on a CPU with that much power, get a 6700 non-K, as you almost certainly won't be overclocking.
That particular mobo from ASRock is fine.
PSU is sub-par, but decent enough and won't kill your parts. Given your budget I would recommend something better, however.

Depends - if he's programming then CPU is extremely important as large builds take a lot of time. If just "programming" then it doesn't matter.

I am this guy. Here is a slightly updated part list pcpartpicker.com/list/vqVWXH
I do "programming" and programming. I am looking at the mini itx because I lack desk space. I am unsure about which power supply and motherboard to get. I also plan to get the new AMD 480 when it comes out too.

Just buy the one your ISP offers.

CPU is still overpowered but a lot saner.
That mobo seems to have a higher-than-normal failure rate, but Gigabyte has a pretty good RMA process so I wouldn't sweat it.
If you're just going to be programming, you don't need a GPU, certainly not one as powerful as an RX 480.
Given your mini-ITX build, I'd highly recommend getting a semi- or fully-modular PSU, for obvious reasons The EVGA 210-GQ-0750-V1 seems to be a pretty good deal at the moment (assuming it has the same build quality as the 650W version).

Went away for 2 weeks and came back to my watercooling setup sprung a small leak and fried my motherboard and possibly my gpu.

So I need a new cpu/mb/gpu/ram. Don't want to spend a lot on a CPU, just enough not to slow down the gpu. Noticed the rx 480 but not sure how long til those are available in canada. Any suggestions?

My 660 ti is finally kicking the bucket I think. Been having weird graphic issues with it lately.

I don't have the cash to upgrade beyond 1080p/60hz right now. Is the 1070 really overkill and if so, should I just get a 970 to last me instead?

try rolling back your drivers to an older driver. I was having issues on my old gts 450 until I moved it to an older driver, and then it worked flawlessly again. the nvidia gimping is really real.

yes, dont fucking water cool your computer. I thought all those liquid loops used a non-conductive oil or something.

Will give it a shot. At this point I feel like maybe I should chance it and get the RX 480.

Just wait a day for reviews to come out. No need to leave it to chance.

Asked this last thread, but looking for some new headphones. All the headphone guide images are out of date by years.

I'm just looking for a nice set that's

don't just wait for reviews. wait to see how well it works with linux and how well it compares with the 470 and 460. if you're just aiming for 1080p 60fps, the 470 is likely to be more than good enough. also, there is almost definitely going to be some sweet black friday deals for those cards.

Sorry I should probably clarify. I mention chance it because the two AMD cards I've had in the past I had tons of issues with so I tended to avoid buying further ones. So I only mention chance it in that I get one (provided its worth it) and hope I don't run into a ton of issues again.

best mp3 for running? so yeah clip.

why isn't this on the wiki

So after 6 years of service, I'm starting to look towards retiring my current gaming computer and server box and upgrading one of my two desktop towers to use for the new roles since the tech is just too old and is showing signs of age.

The problem is I can't decide which server to put on what priority, as both have their pros and cons.

PC 1:

PC 2:

I've been trying to figure out which one should go where. Outside of increasing available RAM, I've been thinking to upgrade the processor and give it a bigger graphics card on PC 1 while giving PC 2 a bigger case. Any ideas?

Just guac my shit up fam.

Looking for headphones

Sub-$50 price range, built with sound quality emphasis (instead of gaming gimmicks), over-ear design, open-ear too. Of preference it should have an auto-adjustable[like the sentey arches] headband but I know those are rare so it's fine if it doesn't

So I'm super cheap and have been using a 3 year old tracfone that takes 2 minutes to load a thread on infinity browser and has a 10 minute battery life when I use the GPS, I think it's time for an upgrade. I've been thinking of a oneplus or an ASUS zenfone, sticking with tracfone. Would there be any better options?

Oneplus has high failure rates in my experience, had to send back three phones until I got one that worked out of box or worked for longer than a month. This is the Oneplus 2 model, not sure if they improved the manufacturing on the newest one or not.

HSN (yes, that HSN) has some pretty good deals on TracFones. I'm currently using a 5.0 LG device that I got for $90 including a year of service. Not fantastic, but operable.

hsn.com/shop/prepaid-cell-phones/ec0374?view=all&facet=10962&sort=&skip=0&take=60&page=1&scroll=false

I want to get a laptop to replace the antique I have and was thinking the T420 like Holla Forums always recommends but I'm also considering shelling out double the T420 for a W530. I want to know what you guys think about the W series thinkpads because I never see tech talk about those. Is it worth spending 600 dollars for a refurbished W530 (the one with 3740QM) or am I better off using that sort of money on a different laptop altogether?

So Holla Forums

3D Printers

Any recommendations?

theyre kinda bad unless you drop 1k on one
look around for local hackerspaces that have one for use, should only cost monthly dues + materials.

And?
You didn't answer my question. I am prepared to drop 1k on one

While that's nice, I've gone that route my whole life. TF's phones are always using tech from 4-5 years ago so I'd figure I'll try getting a sub $250 unlocked phone and their byop sim card.
Though the tracfones are basically the slavshit makarov/AK variant of the cell phone world so maybe I'll just look into it as I've always done.

Were you able to put together a computer?
Yes? Get a prusa i3 kit and lurk /r/3dprinting, the facebook groups and /r/reprap and shit up those boards when you wonder why it's not working.
Then it will work, tune the potentiometers, fuck with flowrates and steps/mms and you'll have a fantastic machine.
Sound too hard? don't do it then.
Also, if you're using a 3d printer because the files on thingiverse look cool, you don't need a 3d printer. Learn CAD.

Any ideas? I'm considering:

No they're not, don't shill your proprietary trash, you filthy merchant kike. FOSS reprap machines do just as well, as long as the user isn't retarded.

If you really have a 1k hole burning in your wallet get a Rostock max v2. It's essentially a beefed up kossel reprap, just be aware that the learning curve is higher for delta printers compared to cartesian style. Both have advantages and drawbacks.

Wasn't sure if I should post this in the tech support thread or here but I suppose it might help others to ask.

Is there any use you can get from a free ipad? I haven't looked in the direction of apple products since the phrase "jailbroken" had novelty and "Itouch" media players were a thing but I was given an ipad for free and I don't know what to do with it. So to rephrase; is there any general use you can get out of an ipad? Does jailbreaking it offer any kind of security aside from not relying on itunes and stuff? I have enough paperweights as it is and my trash is full at the moment.

sell it

Trying to get a good TV for the living room. What's a good set for less than $1k?

I thought about doing that but I hate going through the trouble of selling stuff.

bump

Hi Holla Forums - in my case I've been given a laptop now this past Christmas, but just opened it today.. and a laptop 2 Christmases ago. So anyway, they're both from my mother not that that's too relevant and the first one was a Toshiba C55-B5299 (Satellite)... this one's a Lenovo Thinkpad T420. Thing is, the Toshiba (older one has)

here are some of the main specs on the Toshiba:
Intel Celeron N2830 processor
• 2GB DDR3L RAM blasts through memory-intensive tasks
• 500GB 5400RPM Serial ATA hard disk drive
• 15.6-inch diagonal HD TruBrite LED-backlit display for crisp visuals at resolutions up to 1366 x 768
• Windows 8.1 operating system

And here for the Thinkpad

Oh also the Toshiba C55-B5299 has no optical drive at all.. which kind of sucks, really. So would you recommend I keep the new one I just opened, and how do the specs compare? I think it's correct the Toshiba has only half the RAM, though both are low. I'm a poorfag for the record though so if I sold the refurb T420 I'd be looking to buy another in the range of $200-250 or whatever I could get for it. Otherwise would you recommend swapping any parts around between the two? Can't really think of anything I could put in the Thinkpad from the Toshiba, though.. Toshiba also has a nicer keyboard with a numpad which I like but the thing is pretty much shot and hooked up to a TV. Thanks.

No idea about the Toshiba, but one of the only issues with Thinkpads is that Lenovo likes to add a BIOS whitelest. In other words you can't just stick something in a slot and expect it to work, unless Lenovo had that thing as an option. Practically, this means that taking a Wifi or WAN card out the Toshiba and sticking it in the Thinkpad won't work, but the Thinkpad should have that stuff anyway. Also RAM won't work, but the Thinkpad has more RAM anyway.
You can swap the hard drives, but Windows will only boot on the system you installed it with. The Thinkpad's hard drive should be fine anyway, and if you want extra speed you could upgrade to a SSD.
4GB RAM is more than enough, and 2GB should be OK for browsing the web and word processing. You might be able to stick some RAM from the Thinkpad into the Toshiba if you prefer that.

Personally I'd stick with the Thinkpad, but I'm a bit biased because I use a T420 myself. You could repurpose the Toshiba as a media computer/old console emulation machine and keep the Thinkpad for work. If you do that look up Retroarch for a decent emulation framework and Lakka as a full Linux distro dedicated to it or Kodi for a media centre frontend and there are blacklisted modules that let you watch pirated movies for free

Hi Holla Forums
Have a few questions about specific parts.
First motherboard, currently narrowed it down to two mobo's
Which is better? Can't find a definitive answer anywhere online thought to ask here.
Second graphics card, currently thinking R9 390 8GB, is this about the best available and will it still be decent compared to the new ones coming out soon.
Lastly Power Supply, I read somewhere that you need to have a "20% allowance" is this true? Currently thinking EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W but that doesnt fit the 20% thing.
other parts
Intel Core i5-6600K CPU
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO HSF
2x8GB DDR4 RAM
Samsung 250GB SSD
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB HDD
Phanteks Enthoo Pro Case

Holla Forums I need some help
I want a laptop that can play relatively demanding vidya and last me at least 3 years without having to worry about replacing it
Got any recommendations? Preferably with links?
I know its vague as hell but I can't really think of much beyond
Can play 32-bit and 16 bit vidya without an OS emulator (unlikely without using an actual 32-bit but this one is w/e, and kinda makes a 4+ gig RAM impossible anyways so... never mind)
And... yeah, that's really about it.
I also want it to be durable (like good hinges and shit)

Both mobos are pretty equivalent. I'd go with the cheaper one if nothing else.
The R9 390 (and every older card for that matter) will be a horrible value compared to new cards. The GPU industry basically skipped directly from a 28nm to a 14nm process, forgoing any intermediate change. This has resulted in a massive jump in performance with no noticeable price increase. The $200 RX 480 (releasing tomorrow) is going to be on par with the $300 R9 390. The only cards anyone should really be considering for gaming atm are the RX 460, the RX 470, the RX 480, the GTX 1070, and the GTX 1080.
The "20% allowance" probably refers to the fact that PSUs perform at peak efficiency at around 80% max load. It's true, but not a huge factor when buying. I would only really factor it in if electricity was expensive where you live. Also keep in mind that you won't be drawing 100% power from your parts constantly.
Tip: Always buy the cheapest RAM. Higher-performance RAM makes no real-world difference.
I'd also suggest a Hitachi HDD, opposed to WD. WD drives aren't bad, but they aren't as good as they used to be, and Hitachi drives are better and cheaper anyway.

u fockin wot

Gaming laptops are expensive as fuck. I haven't got experience with them personally but I'd check Alienware, Razer and MSI. They're insanely overpriced compared to an equivalent PC, so take your time and try and get a proper deal.
If you need help with getting one cheaper I've heard that browsing their stuff, gettting close to buying it but then refusing after giving them your email makes them contact you and ask why you stopped. Tell them it's too expensive and they should give a "special" discount. Apple does that, but it's worth a try with other companies. Might as well save money where you can.

If you just need a portable gaming PC you could make one with the Fractal Design Node 202. youtube.com/watch?v=M9ykjj9Q5ok It's a small case about the size of a game console. Use pcpartpicker and go for an itx motherboard, because that case doesn't have much room for bigger ones. It should be able to house a powerful PC just fine, but don't go overboard because there's not much room for ventilation.

If you just want a sturdy laptop for old games grab a Thinkpad T420 or X220. They're cheap as fuck nowadays, and they're very solidly built. Just use DOSBox for older games, there isn't much of a difference compared to the real thing. You won't be playing the latest vidya with those laptops but for reference you should be able to play Fallout New Vegas on the lowest graphical settings.

cheers, take it the rx 480 is better than the 460 and 470, I know the 1070 and 1080 will be way out of my budget so will go for the RX 480 if its $200
so what psu would you recommend for that kinda build?
thanks for the info on the hdd, will look into it

Pretty much any 80+ PSU with enough wattage from a reputable manufacturer will be fine, including the EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W.

think of the most extreme example of what you want to put in your rig (IE would you eventually get two GPUs, how many HDDs, etc) and then calculate the wattage you need
outervision.com/power-supply-calculator

Depends on what you're going to do with it.
I recently got a 55" Sony x810c for a thousand and I couldn't be happier with it, but I'm also not using it in my living room. It has a low input lag, and can run 4K @ 60hz or 1080p and 120hz, both with 4:4:4 chroma, so it's basically my everything display for my room now.
It's on sale for 900 at the moment.
If you're just looking for something for movies and console vidya, I'd still recommend it, but you might also consider a Vizio. You can get one of the new 50 inch 4K P-series that supports HDR for under a thousand, and supposedly blows everything but OLED out of the water in terms of picture quality, or if you wanted something larger you could go for the D-series which runs a bit cheaper but doesn't have quite as many features or as good a picture.

I have a radeon 6970 that is dying and I need a new card. I am looking at the new AMD 470. Is it a good match with the i7 2600k?

Have they fixed the problems with OLED monitors yet?

If by "monitors" you mean "TVs", then maybe a little, they're already superior to plasma in every respect except motion blur. Lifetime and even-ness are acceptable, input-lag is starting to come down. Prices, sadly, are still in the $2.5k-$5k range, with the very sweetest deals on new sets down to ~$1.5k.

If by monitor you mean monitor, they're nowhere to be seen, with the only announced one (a hyper-expensive Dell) still vaporware months after its supposed shipping date.

Back to the CRTs for now, I guess.

Building a new system, reusing some old parts (they're listed as $0 purchased). Other than the lack of USB3/C case ports, anything I've missed or issues I'd have with Linux?
pcpartpicker.com/list/Nkt4Cy

Is anyone else getting this shit?

Decent, for such a pricy system, though the CPU will be overkill for gaming compared to an i5, unless you're into high-end emulation. The only major flaw I notice is the outdated, slow SATA SSD.

The mobo you selected already has one 4x M.2 connector, and if you want more you can add cheap PCIe carriers. Get PCIe-native SSDs with NVMe, like the following:
pcpartpicker.com/product/3F8H99/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mzv5p512bw

Nope, works fine.

Anybody?

I want to upgrade my GPU, and the nvidia 1000's look like they'd have me set for a while.
is it worth the price, or are they not that good?

I'm looking to buy a laptop for starting uni (CS) next year, probably just for taking to lectures and playing flash games in bed because that's comfy as fuck. I already have a decent laptop I'm bringing. I'll dual boot with GNU/Linux but I would much rather have windows 8 than 10 (not a big issue).

I've been looking at thinkpads, are they still good? I have about £400 to spend, maybe more.

That should work well. I'd say consider the 480 but I'm assuming you already have.

Wait for non-FE versions of them.

The M.2 drives are twice the price per gb and I don't think I'd get enough out of the extra drive performance to justify an additional $320+$25 for two 512GB M.2 drives and a carrier to replace the 1TB 850, plus the hassle and decreased reliability of having a partition span two drives. It's also why I'm not RAIDing two 512GB 850s.

Looking for tenkeyless MX Red keyboard.
Where is the cheapest place to get them?

Efficiency is a closely held secret. Efficiency allows you to determine applied current and thus half-life for a given brightness.

So you won't be able to tell at what luminance the panel can operate at while limiting burn in. Monitors can be and one is being released but the recommended cd/m2 is not known.

When someone samples the brightness/hours of an oled display on pure white and makes a curve, you will know.

You can be optimistic because panels will be made when they come near price parity with LCD. They'll release no matter what at that point. This is inevitable because they don't require a backlight and that makes about 30% of the cost of an LCD.

I need a new phone, something cheap, I can find an Nokia strength case for and can go international easily. I'm a poor fag who is about to hop countries. What am I looking at with a $300 budget?

I'm going to create a RAID1 NAS that attaches to my router through USB3.
Should I buy 6 of these newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822149629
or 4 of these newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178748
?

Note that I was leaning towards the latter until I read storagereview.com/seagate_archive_hdd_review_8tb
Now I'm not sure. I didn't think sustained write would be bad on an archive drive, but figured random write and read would be.

Need a new GPU to replace a radeon 6970. Any recommendations? I am thinking about a radeon rx 380. The AMDGPU driver supports it. How are Nvidia drivers? Is a 960 good? I intend on using linux.

New GPUs are out (and more to come) that are better than previous generation cards in every way, including price, performance, power usage, etc. The only cards you should really be considering right now are:
~$80 - RX 460
~$150 - RX 470
$200 - RX 480
~$300(?) - GTX 1060
$380 - GTX 1070
$600 - GTX 1080

Nvidia drivers on Linux perform -slightly- better than AMD ones, but are otherwise shittier. AMD ones are also steadily improving.

It does not help that I can't buy a rx 480 because they just came out and the one I have is dying. It crashes my system randomly.

???

buy a gt 610 then, because the rx 480 is $199 and performs like a 390.

They are sold out.

480's are anticipated to be in very high volume compared to Pascal cards. Wait like twelve hours for more stock to arrive.

So a place like Newegg will probably have more tomorrow morning?

What's the difference between the 470 and 480? I'm undecided on a new GPU to get between the two. How much of a difference should I see bumping up from a Nvidia Geforce 9800 GT?

The 480 was released today and the 470 is expected sometime towards the end of July. Also the 480 is $200 and the 470 is supposed to be $150.

I can't tell you the actual situation, but in terms of how they're being marketed:
RX 480: VR and HFR 1080p
RX 470: 60 fps 1080p
RX 460: Espurtz

~10x the performance for 9800 GT / RX 480

Since I'm also thinking about upgrading my processor in before wait for Zen what would fit well with the 480? That's the most likely GPU I'll get since I generally upgrade PCs once a console generation.

Depends on how shit of a monitor you use.

I wouldn't buy a 480 until there's more information about this power draw business, especially if you're planning on plugging it into a shitty old mobo.

Also *wait for Zen.*

Also the performance increase from a 9800 GT would be ludicrous. The 9800 GT is so old that benchmarks aren't done with it to compare with. Going by pure computational ability, however (which shouldn't be used as a direct performance comparison in terms of gaming) the 9800 ranks in at around 330 teraflops to the 480's 5,160.

Get any K-series Intel chip from the 2000-series onward and overclock it, assuming you don't have fancy-schmancy FreeSync monitor.
Or wait for Zen :^)

I scavenged the monitor, it's some 22" 1920x1080p 60Hz Dell monitor with a 5ms input delay. I'd have to look at the numbers again since I don't recall exact model number.

I bought a new mobo recently because my old one died, it's a GA-78LMT-USB3 since it supports my current CPU (an Athlon X2 240+) and I was considering the FX-8350 since it's the same socket.

Get any K-series Intel chip from the 2000-series onward and overclock it, assuming you don't have fancy-schmancy FreeSync monitor.

Nope, don't have one. Using my current benchmark of $150-$175 for an FX-8350, what kind of mobo and processor could I buy for about the same price that could inch out the 8350?

I have computers to use for the basic office work, but I don't have a huge budget for a gaming PC right now and I hate being laughed at about my old ass gaming setup.

Just stick with socket AM3 then. You will lose some performance in games compared to intel.

None.
The FX-8350 is the best CPU AMD has on the market. Yes, you heard that correctly, AMD's top-of-the-line CPU has remained static for the past four years.
All Intel-solutions would cost far more than $150 to even begin to be worthwhile over your current setup.

What then would be the minimum I could get that could be better than AMD's flagship CPU that could be upgraded down the line? I get results that the 8350 is better than i7s in some cases and other times it can't even beat i3s.

Have you thought about the 43XX AMD series to save money?

Don't know anything about them. Right now I have a Athlon II X2 240 which is a 2.9GHz dual core and most vidya requires at least quad core minimum nowadays.

Based on a quick googlefu, isn't the Athlon X4 860k the same exact thing but slightly better and is the same price?

None at the moment. New AMD CPUs will use the AM4 socket, which there isn't anything currently on the market for.
Single-core vs multi-core performance. The FX-8000 series has eight cores (hence the 8000), but these threads are relatively weak. Whereas most i7s have four cores, but which are stronger.
You could kind of think of an automobile that has multiple engines. To increase performance, you could either have a high number of poor-performance engines, or a low number of high-performance engines.
Around 2010 or so AMD and Intel diverged paths, with AMD focusing on increasing core count with Intel focusing on single-core performance. This has resulted in a huge market share loss on AMD, and are currently playing catch-up to Intel with single-core technology. Thankfully, though, these new Intel-equivalent cores will also have 8+ threads.
In the past games relied more strongly on two to four cores, but more games recently have support for four or more cores.
Technically speaking, one of the fastest consumer CPUs on the market at the moment in terms of pure single-core performance is the $70 Pentium G3258. If you need supreme dual-core performance for some reason, its a great option, but if you need even one more thread, you're looking at trouble.

Athlon X4 860K is AMD's current best single-core performance CPU. I typically recommend it for low-end gaming PC builds. But no, Athlon is a completely different architecture from the FX series.
It's also incompatible with your mobo.

I should have mentioned I was referring to the Intel products here, rather than AMD. I know AM4 comes out soon which means any CPU I'll have is outdated by the end of the year, I was referring here to a 3rd gen i5 or whatever I keep hearing about for $150 that still has room for better.

So the 43XX series is still the way to save money? I'm not looking for a total low tier build, but rather one of the best for price/performance like the newly released AMD GPUs without going full retard.

The entry price to 3rd gen Intel is around $220. The upgrade path isn't very good either; $250 more dollars for something that doesn't perform much better most of the time.

The FX-4000 series really doesn't make any sense. The Athlon X4 series is cheaper and performs better.

Basically, the CPU market at the moment is fucked. Hence the constant "wait for Zen" shit.

I was under the impression that the 3rd gen shared the same socket as the 4th gen, allowing for the i7-4790 which is supposed to be the GOAT CPU out anyways?

I've not really thought about the lower end FX, I was looking at the higher end FX because I'm looking for something I can really power through stuff well with without spending much. Right now it seems like the 8350 is still the choice I think for that.

I should have plenty of money at that time if I want to upgrade again, but it's still a long ways out.

I'm thinking the 8350 with a 480, here's what I have I can't play so well.

I don't need super high end shit like the 1070, but stuff I can do 1080p 60fps without bottlenecks.

It doesn't; 3000 is LGA1155, 4000 is LGA1150. I was referring to going from an i5 3570K to an i7 3770K.
Note that there isn't any reason for the socket change, Intel just likes making people buy new mobos for no reason.

An 8350 with an RX 480 should run all of those games at 1080p 60fps high settings. You might get drops on rare occasion, especially from unfinished games like 7DtD, but that'll happen on any config.

Oh, because I have a 3rd gen i5 processor but no mobo for it, and I was planning on going up to the 4th gen. The reason I keep referring to the AM3+ CPUs is that that is one of my working computers and requires the need for a powerful single thread unlike gaming computers which I can spare the AM3 to convert into.

I was thinking that it would pair up very well for pretty cheap. I know a lot of those aren't finished titles but the bump should still be dramatic for someone using old specs to game with. Now to decide to use 16GB of RAM or not.

finally got a job and i want to treat myself with new monitor
i don't care if its 23 (with HD) or 27 (with WQHD)
16:10 would be nice but not necessary
what i REALLY want is no ISP glow bullshit
my current ISP monitor cant display black for shit and i want monitor that can do black and has overall decent colors
also low latency because i want to play some games from time to time
my budget is 400$ tops

So after last night I'm trying to build something for about $450. I've got this so far, but it ends up as $500. Are there any cheaper alternatives without sacrificing quality and/or reliability?

pcpartpicker.com/list/YvBYr7

Can anyone point me to the desktop pc is dead mobile now youtube video?

The FX-8320 is just a low-binned FX-8350 (marginally less good at overclocking).
Hitachi drives are cheaper and higher-quality even.
A 4GB 480 is probably going to be fine for 1080p.
pcpartpicker.com/list/3CG6XH
These changes bring you down to $465. The RX 470 is anticipated to be around $150, so substitute that in for the 480 if need be.

lol faggot

I've done it, I've used a 3500:1 Eizo PVA monitor for years. Not worth it because of the stereoscopic effect of MVA. Upgraded to IPS and never going back.

I am currently looking through the (horribly formatted) laptop requirements site for my new university, and I need help getting off as cheaply as possible.
Apparently I can use any laptop as long as it has at least equal specs to a Lenovo thinkpad l450.
Those are $650 on amazon, so a cheaper alternative or site (I will continue looking on other sites) would be appreciated.
Also, I have very little experience with laptops, what should I look out for?
Also please PLEASE don't let win10 be mandatory.

lol, why do they care what specs you have?

Fuck if I know, but they have a list of required shit, and I guess I have to follow it.
So is there a better chinkpad to get?

Looking around I found this
amazon.com/Toshiba-Satellite-C55-Performance-Dual-Core/dp/B01EHPGHG4/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1467312124&sr=1-1&keywords=Acer Aspire R 14&refinements=p_n_feature_five_browse-bin:7817224011
It meets all the requirements (though without an SSD, I guess I can live with that), and a refurb is $400.
Is there anything horribly wrong with that model I should know about?

Just checked over this, even with the faster RPM that HDD only reads and writes at about 70MB/s? The WD Blue I was looking at is 100+.

Do you guys know anything about 3D printers.
Looking to buy one for a small project.
My office has a makerbot but those are way to expensive for what i'm trying to do, but i'm also wary of buying some cheap crap is defective out of the box
what are some good alternatives?

I forgot to mention, what PSU should I use for an 8350 and a 480? I was thinking 500W but I got recommended 800W.

The hell? Even a 400W PSU will be fine. But yeah, I'd say go with 500W so you'll have room for expansion.

think of the most power-intensive setup you could possibly upgrade to in the future, and put it in this:
outervision.com/power-supply-calculator

So after putting it all in to the calculator I'm looking at about a total load of 583W. Does that mean I go with a 600W, or something larger?

fucking how?

I put in the setup I have approximately, and it gave me that.

Their site is glitching out on me so I can't post it, but it said the load was 515W and recommended a 585W PSU or higher.

dude he has an eight core AMD CPU and a massive AMD GPU, what the fuck do you think?

How long will it be until the aftermarket coolers for the 480 come out? Seems toasty with the reference.

1440p or 1080p with a GTX 1080? Is the extra pickles worth the lower FPS? Some current gen games don't go much over 60 at 1440p, will this force earlier upgrades?

1440p for sure. A 1080 would be beyond overkill for 1080p 60fps gaming.

Yeah but 60fps is ass. I'd ideally want around 100, past that point is severe diminishing returns due to LCD blur.

Hey boys. what are some good Keyboard for gayming?does anyone have a chart for them or something similar?

I am currently using a 3$ keyboard and it's not giving me any problems aside from not being able to press many buttons in the same time. Are 30-50$ keyboards that much of difference from my 3$ one?

For gaming? Not really. For typing? Yes, considerably

How does this compare to the legendary Sansa clip?

Is this a good purchase, or no? I'll need to get a PSU but I don't know what to get that is 600W or higher.

...no.

It's not just a RX 480 though, it's an RX 480 with an FX-8350.

Well shit I'm retarded.
Eh I mean it's fine I guess.

Do you have a recommendation for a Netbook? I want to install OpenBSD on it. I know that wireless will most likely not work. A slot for an HDD would be great, though.

thanks for nothing

Anyone know anything about these PSUs? I'm trying to figure out the PSU to buy, but I don't know what to find other than >600W.

Also since the 480 seems to be the same shit as the old video cards, what's the best video card to buy that is $200 or less that won't fry mobos?

Dell's IPS monitors or pretty good. the technology has improved enough that it's responsive enough for gaming at 60 hertz.the technology offers much better color than ISP monitors.

Oddly enough, there don't seem to be any professional reviews of any of the Rosewill ARC series PSUs. Quite strange. They seem pretty cheap too, so I'd probably stay away if I were you.
The 480. Other cards in the same range (notably the 750 Ti and 950) have very similar problems, except worse. No one's ever complained about them frying mobos. This problem also won't be applicable to aftermarket cards with proper power connectors, or even OEM cards after a driver update.

I know that the 480 will have aftermarket shit out for it, but I want to make sure that my PSU will be good enough for it hence why I'm stuck on the PSU. I got a decent deal on a new FX-8350 and cooler so the two things uncertain are the PSU and the GPU.

I'm getting this and I'm going to be pairing it with some HD 598s, tell me why i shouldn't pls

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Has anybody done reading into Zen's claim of "40% increase in IPC"? Where would this put them in terms of single-core performance vs. Intel?

Would it get them to Sandy Bridge level? Has anybody done the napkin math?

I just want to run PCSX2 and Dolphin smoothly, and I'm waiting for Zen so I can get away from Jewtel's practices. I'm on the best first gen i5 that came out and it just can't handle the more demanding titles on either emulator.

Is this latest halfchan maymay? Please leave

Back again, is this a good PSU? This one gives me about 150W extra in case I want to do some upgrading all while being Semi-Modular. It's a bit expensive for what I was expecting to pay, but I can still fit this into the budget I have.

Go get a reprap kit, tune it up nicely and it should get you anywhere your office's makerbot does.
I personally went for the i3, one of the more common printers out there.

Roughly Haswell.

It's okay, probably better than the Roswill unit you were looking at. The B2 is better and you can get it for $50 after rebate every once in a while.

Get the HD 558s and do the foam mod to them. Literally the same drivers as the 598s with a piece of foam behind the grills to muffle and reflect the sound to make it "cheaper sounding."

High-end Corsair and EVGA PSUs aren't manufactured by those respective companies, they're made by a company called SeaSonic, who makes the classiest PSUs around with the fattest warranty - 5 years - for very good reason.

Thank you.

Noooo user your system will cook with both of those components in there and inadequate cooling. Save up and do it right the first time. It's cheaper in the long run.

I want to get my own modem (not wireless router) and I have 150 mbs down. Will any cheapie modem on the retail shelves work?

You're fucking kidding, right? Now Sennheiser did this. Sauce on guide for mod?

Nvm, pulled some guides up. Crazy, thanks user

FX-6300 or FX-8350 ?

I'd use it for muh gaymen
and data-crunching / calculations

For gaming they seem to be somewhat identical except the 6300 needs less power, is cooler and is cheaper. For data-crunching the 8350 seems more of a better choice as I can multi-thread my code easily and use those 2 extra cores...

Question is: does the 8350 worth the extra $50 for 2 more cores? Will multi-core usage improve significantly within a year or two in gaming?

I'm open to other suggestions as well Except Intel. Not ever.

SuperBiiz is selling them for $140 with a coupon this weekend.

Older games will have issues, mainly because they were designed around either one, two or four cores. However more recent games are able to push out power in all cores, meaning that while certain games won't see an improvement, newer games like those on DX12 should. The 8350 though shines in situations such as editing or computations, as the extra threads give more ability for encoding and can encode quicker than the 6300 can.

So I'm noticing on a lot of headphone guides, people recommend an amp for the HD 598, but don't do the same for the 558. Since they're the same drivers, wouldn't the 558 benefit just as much?

Most, if not all quality headphones benefit from using a good audio system, so the answer is yes, definitely.
I've got the 598 but I'm using it without a preamp which is sub-optimal. I just don't want to spend an other God-knows how much time on doing research into preamps...

Shit! I keep calling it pre-amp because the equipment I work with have pre-amps... I meant amp.

Are ebook readers worth it yet? I have a bunch of books I need to read but I don't have the space to store them and I'd rather just pirate them all.

Thinking of getting whatever the latest and greatest Amazon Kindle is, but I hear they DRM their hardware out the ass. Can you still get epub and shit on them? Is there something better that I don't know about?

Yup, I just got my Kindle and I can download shit on it, haven't bought anything yet.

Kobo's making a new ereader soon. If you want a larger screen, wait for that to release.

Will you be reading any comics/manga? Or just novels?

goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/kobo-is-developing-a-new-7-8-inch-e-reader

Looking to buy a wireless HDMI transmitter/receiver kit to project my desktop onto my TV, so that I can work wireless from my couch instead of working 2 feet from my monitor at my desk. The signal only needs to travel from my bedroom to my living room which is about 6 meters away and through one wall.

Chromecast or Wifi HDMI extension is not really an option since internet is not great in my area.

Max price is ~$200 AUD, which I'm aware is cheap but I'm on a budget. Willing to go for used stuff.

I'm eyeing the Startech.com ST121WHD2 HDMI Wireless Extender kit as it appears to be the cheapest of the "recommended" stuff.

Anyone got anything better to recommend?

Which is the best e-reader to buy?

What do you mean? I'm going to wait on the Sapphire Nitro cheese graters 480 to come out, but what other cooling do I need to worry about?

should I get a 390 over a 480? They are about the same price where I live because of a clerance sale.

also, would the 650 GS be enough to OC the 390? I can also grab a 750 G2 for 10 more bucks.

my cpu is a i5 3570k btw.

480 uses less power and generates less heat. Also has primitive discard. Just go with the 480

The plan is to read novels. I have a shitton of manga, but it's ALL in .png or .jpeg and I haven't heard of anything that's decent for reading comics in that format aside from a PC, nor do I have the desire to mess with converting it to another format.

Now if there was something good enough for dealing with normal formatted image filetypes I might consider reading manga on one too. Color isn't important though. Less than 1% of manga pages are colored and it's usually just the volume cover anyways.

What are some good, cheap freesync monitors.

Been looking at this one.

cplonline.com.au/aoc-g2460vq6-24inch-gaming-monitor.html?gclid=CNighvL_2c0CFdcRvQodB7IIhA

I have also been interested in HDR as well, is HDR affordable or extremely expensive, sorry, not that much of an anorak when it comes to monitors.

Can you guys help me to find the right gpu?

So 2 weeks ago I build a new pc, shit got a i7 6700k, a 500ssd and even a 4tb hdd on top of that.

The idea was to build a decent computer and then finish it off with the rx 480. The problem is that card turned out a bit worse than I expected it to be.

Now, what should I go for? The custom 480's that come soon? Or the 490 that comes by the end of the year. The thing is I do have a bit of money, but I really don't want to spend more than 250-400€ on a new card.

The way I see it these 480 cards are mid tier cards, and I assume the 490's are going to be high end cards?

The RX 490 will be the high end part, and be comparable to the 1070.

It depends on what gaming you are doing VR? 1080p, 1440p, 2160p?

And 558s would qualify as 'quality headphones' that you mentioned?

I just don't see why it's necessary by common opinion for the 598s to need an amp, and then I hear it's not needed for the 558, despite them having the same drivers.

Well I am mostly playing old games, like the original cs, I just every once in a while try new games. Not going to get VR anytime soon. It has to get cheaper first but more importantly I need some decent porn games for that shit to be relevant for me.

Anyway, I need advice for a screen too.

I was looking at these 3

BenQ XL2411Z
IIYAMA B2783QSU-B1
Dell U2515H

I was trying to save those on archive.is, but it's not working properly, here are the links anyway:

archive.is/fx7YE
archive.is/7WLPr
archive.is/a4KRw

newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824014376&cm_re=BenQ_XL2411Z-_-24-014-376-_-Product
newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA8UC3MW2010&cm_re=IIYAMA_B2783QSU-B1-_-9SIA8UC3MW2010-_-Product
newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6BM3WM6329&cm_re=dell_u2515h-_-24-260-274-_-Product

That iiyama seems to be a decent screen.

Since you guys talk about the 598 and amps. Well, not everyone can hear a difference, but if you can you should get a amp. Amplifiers usually make your headphones sound "warmer", but not all my friends who tested them were able to hear it.

So yeah, don't just buy one because someone told you to do so.

I'm looking into getting an SBC to turn into an android tablet. Currently I'm deciding between the Pine A64+ 2GB, the or some cheap thing like the Orange Pi one.

Anything you'd recommend? I like open source of course so I'm leaning towards Pine but I've heard terrible things about AllWinner or something like that.

I'm going to be building a tablet and wanna hear some recommendations on what SBC to use, and what to look out for in an SBC that will be serving this purpose.

I'm currently considering the Pine 64 for its open source (supposedly, weak documentation though) hardware and built in wifi, the ODROID XU4/C2 for its power, good community with compatible accessories or some cheap thing like the Orange pi.

Open to anything. The more open, the better. Under $50 would be ideal.

I'm building an x58 system with x5650 on an evga motherboard. I know, this is old stuff but still honestly pretty fast (shit doesn't really advance that quickly this last decade, does it)?

Anyways, any recommendations on where to get triple channel ddr3 memory, preferable unused? Looking at 1866

brand preference is gskill due to tremendously positive experiences with them going back over a decade but any quality memory will do

Anybody know where to find this shit today?

Also, if I do go with a dual-channel kit instead, is there any testing showing how much of a difference that makes? I don't even know if triple channel is worth the effort over dual. Dual is still available cheap, and new, at low prices

Three's no difference between different "packages" of whatever channel RAM. Just buy the same type from the same brand and you won't notice any difference between any of the sticks; doesn't matter if you have a triple-channel kit, a dual-channel kit with a single channel stick, or three single-channel kits.
I don't know of any testing between triple and dual channel, but dual channel is more than fast enough to make no difference today, let alone with hardware as old as yours.
Also 16GB is still more than plenty of RAM, assuming you get 2x8.
As to where to find it, literally anywhere. Amazon, Newegg, you name it they still carry DDR3 as DDR4 hardware only got released in the past year.

Is there anything high end that AMD makes?

I built an AM3+ tower about 3 years ago and am currently using an FX 6300 but I'm starting to regret it as I'm getting either an RX 480 or a GTX 1070 soon.

Did AMD stop making processors or something? all the shit I see from them is either >wew grade from 2014 or APU shit.

Maybe the Intel viral marketing is getting to me.

Basically AMD fucked up with their focus on increasing core count rather than IPC. For the past couple of years they've been pouring all their processor R&D into Zen, which will supposedly match Haswell-level performance.

Any chance their "Zen" shit will be AM3+ and even comparable to an i5?

Motherboards can be funky with almost arbitrarily rejecting ram configurations based on what they think the ram is. Anyways, I was just wondering if 3 channel meant anything and it looks like it doesn't mean much worthwhile, thanks

Well the deal you posted was for a generic-cooler card, so that's mainly what I was talking about. Just get an aftermarket cheese grater GPU and a Hyper 212 Evo+ and your components will last you longer than you even want them to.

That is a seriously bad idea, but okay, do what you want.

I'd just run a 50' HDMI cord (like $20USD) around the room and up to the TV. You will get MUCH better latency, much better reliability, and the cable won't overheat and break in half a year, throwing hundreds of dollars down the toilet.

It's confirmed to be AM4 exclusive.
Again, rumor has it that it will be equivalent in IPC to Haswell (aka the Intel 4000 series CPUs).

Oh, the card price was about the same as the reference from what I read though I've also heard it's about $20 more expensive.

I plan on a 212 EVO, I just need to decide which PSU to buy at this point. After this, I'll buy the RAM, cooler and one of these for my 8350 and 480:

Are WHDMIs just poorly optimised or the tech is just not up to date at this point or something? I have to say, I don't think I've found one of a single recognisable brand so it wouldn't surprise me if that were the case.

Is there any other realistic wireless alternative?

I'd check these out amazon.com/Perfect10-Over-Ear-Headphones-ComfortMax®-XPT100/dp/B0093PVTPS . They seem to fit all of your requirements other than strong bass. Bass respond is good and colors the headphones warmly, but they aren't incredibly bassy.

These might be for you. amazon.com/Superlux-HD668B-Dynamic-Semi-Open-Headphones/dp/B003JOETX8

The 598 nor the 558 need an amplifier and should be fine as long as you have a clean source. The only differences between the headphones are the look, price, and a piece of foam in the cup that can be removed by modding.

An amp is only needed if you can not properly drive your headphones or your source isn't clean. Most devices (computers, phones, dedicated DAPs) these days can drive most headphones.
Only if the amp distorts the sound. A good amp should be transparent. Tube amps are commonly know to make a headphone sound warmer, but this isn't always the case.

Any advice on SSDs? I thought about getting a Samsung EVO 250GB for my Notebook. Are there better options or can I stick with the Samsung?

Scratch it, I bought a SanDisk Ultra II.

I got that samsung evo 500gb, can't really say if it's worse or better than others since this is the only one I have.

If I buy a used Nehalem laptop for ~$130 and slapped in a S/ATA SSD and an ExpressCard adapter for an RX 460, how long do you think it'll last before it becomes unusable for everyday use?

If you write 40GB per day on the SSD you can use it for apr. 4 years. Since you probably aren't going to do so, expect a lifespan of at least 10 years.

I was thinking of purchasing a scanner. Is there an affordable option that would let me replicate the quality of these two images? A higher resolution than this would be acceptable as well. Actually price doesn't matter, I just want a good recommendation.

Frankly, even your cheapest inkjet combo could probably do black and white scans at least as good as pic related.

What about colour stuff like covers? I can't leave that out.

Myself knowing that I'll be sparingly recording music, it'll likely be enough until I gather enough financial currency from my shit jobs.

Thank you!

Where can i find a retro looking keyboard and mouse that are just as good as modern ones? i just dont like newer styles

Unicomp

that keyboard almost looks like a Sun Type 7, except its not
you could get a Matias Quiet/Tactile Pro, which is remnisent of early 2000s Apple keyboards

A Topre/Fujitsu Realforce is retro as fuck, while a Topre Type Heaven is kinda retro. While not 'retro' in a traditional sense, an HHKB still has the classic white/beige casing/keycaps.

While they're neither new or breaking apart, older rubberdome keyboards like a Dell QuietKey or a Wyse Standard Keyboard still have that function of being large, reliable, slabs of plastic.

For a different take on retro, you can pick up a TG3 Electronics BL82/BLT keyboard, which is/was the keyboard most ubiquitously known for being shoved into police cars.

Also, the new mechanical keyboard Monoprice is reselling looks surprising old-school, in a similar way to the Wyse rubberdome.

Seriously, anyone? I might get the 750W since I shouldn't have to worry about power issues anytime in the next 5 years that means.

do I wait for rx 460 or get a r7 370?

Any recommendation for GOOD headphones with buttons on the side?

It's pretty much the reason I bought pic related only to find it's a piece of fucking dog shit. Friends were recommending razor and turtle beach but having a switch dangling from your headset seems like a huge inconvenience to me.

Where do you find a gf that is into tech?

It isn't a hard criterion, but most normal people don't seem to understand why I'm not on Facebook/WhatsApp.

Is the Epson Perfection V600 scanner a good pick? It seems affordable 200 dollars and 200 pounds in the UK.

Buy a Tenga.

How much of an improvement that is compared to hand? It may cost less money than a human vag, but is it worth it?

what should i buy for a chair? i'm looking for something comfy, sturdy and under $150

Are free VPNs any good?

NO
A lot of paid VPNs aren't good either

Edit: It depends on what you need it for

Just want to hide your IP, then free ones are okay.
For torrenting, do not use any free vpn, or paid vpn that keeps logs

I don't want the gov know what I am downloading lol.

So Holla Forums I'm looking at building a windows xp machine for my Dad's work.

I was wondering if this build would work, or if I should just get old parts for his current system and make it better. Would running a virtual machine give me access to a drive with XP on it so he can use his cash register program?

ABS R206-ITX Case
Antec EarthWatts 380W
Corsair 4GB of DDR3
Intel I3-4170
MSI B85M-E45

does anything like pic related exist for only a 2.5 inch HDD? This wouldn't look as sexy with a 2.5 in it with the huge amount of empty space, and my thinkpads only use 2.5 so I don't want to invest in a 3.5 just for this

it doesn't exist, does it? I'm gonna be so sad

Can anyone recommend a good TV? I'm looking to spend ~£300 on a 32" TV (only have space 32" where I plan to hang it), needs to have Freeview HD, be 1080p, and have good contrast.

Depends. Do you normally fap with or without lube?

PSUs will only draw the power they need - that's why they're also known as "switching power supplies" so a beefier PSU will just be overbuilt/more steady/more reliable. I personally like having at least 200W of headroom.

Just run a cable. Seriously. A single cable will not kill your autism will it?

Running a VM is running a computer. It won't magically give you access to "a drive" - whatever that means. You will need a WinXP Install Image and a disk drive to mount to the VM to install the software from CD, if that's what it's on.

I would personally recommend an AMD APU as well, they are much better bargains at the mid-low range price points (many of the mid/low-end Intels do not support Virtualization, either, so double-check) but to each their own.

guys

..girls?

captcha: sic tuk

Are the noise isolating Bluetooth headphones with a mic input [for 3.5mm microphone pic related] that has an optional 3.5mm jack to use cable instead of Bluetooth?

How is the Focusrite Solo as a USB interface if you're aiming for professional quality recording?

I don't really need the monitor function, I just need good quality sound.

For reference, using an AKG C214 Microphone.

Focusrite Scarlett Solo*

Don't get a tenga. Get an onahole instead.

wew

Normally without. But in case of being very horny I'll lube my fingers and butt.

With a grill or a plastic fantastic lover I'd use lube always except when rape.

Shill me some onahole. Pros/cons. Also compare to a 3dpd if you can.

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Pretend I'm an idiot but what's the current development regarding mainboard sockets? The next CPU generation will use entirely new sockets, correct?

I'm still bumbling around with an AM3+ board but it's getting a bit old by now. I have no idea whether to grab something new now or just wait a bit.

Intel's next generation (7000-series) is probably gonna still use LGA1151, AMD is confirmed for using AM4 for pretty much everything going forward.

You are going to have to get a new mobo for AMD's new CPUs, but they aren't out yet.

I do hope you realize i'm a computer scientist so please do not attempt to belittle me, I can't help that you can't understand how to read a basic sentence. I was asking if I could use the vm to use a program off AN EXISTING HARD DRIVE and run it from the virtual machine.

thanks double nigger

So I'm trying to attach a Radeon HD 7870 (Sapphire, Gigabyte Edition) to what appears to be a modular power supply.

This amazon.com/gp/product/B002UOFDO2 looks like what I want, but it is labeled "Apple PCIe PCI Express PCI-e Power Cable for Mac G5 nVidia ATI Video Card" so I am wondering if there's any fuckery occuring with the standards, or if this is just a 6-pin PCIe power cable.

Also, why is this cable so hard to find???

Dude wat

When you create the VM, you create a file that acts as the hard drive, but a VM will not magically give you a free copy of Windows XP.

So I'm not sure what you're asking exactly, but hopefully that helps.

Now I know that any laptop will do for University, but which is the best laptop with the following criteria:

$800-$1100
8+ hours of movie/video playback
12+ GiB RAM
900p+ screen
SATA III drive
clitmouse

I currently have an X201, but I'm feeling its 8GiB RAM limit. I'm currently looking at the X260, but wanted to know which other options I have. I'm not too set on an 'old thinkpad' without chicklet keys because when I'm typing anything real I'll be using my 40%. Loaded OS doesn't matter 'cause I'm putting Void on it anyway.

I need to buy batteries in bulk cheap. Where should I buy?

With a virtual machine you still a copy of the Windows XP CD.

Is pic related still considered a good card or are there better alternatives? Thanks in advance.

Where can I find a used ODROID XU4? Wanna run gentoo on it as a replacement desktop

Help out a newb to the mobo game, please.
I'm building an AM3+ system for gaming and can't seem to decide which mobo to pick.
I'm not going to be overclocking because I used to play on toasters and don't care about them grafoox or sulky smuth eff-pee-ess

Candidates:
Letters, numbers - good luck figuring it out
That's right. Capitalized GAMING in your face!
2.0 baby! Not plebeian 1.0

So I guess if I don't want to fry my PC I should not even consider the Gigabyte. Then the question is: if I'm not going to be OC-ing, should I go with the cheaper MSI? Is it going to bottleneck me if I throw an 8350 and an RX480 at it?

It's probably to early, but from the looks of it would you say that the 1060 or 480 is a better gpu?

pls no

Quality reply! See pic related: it's yours!

My Gtx660ti kicked the bucket. I need a new nvidia gpu because I use lightboost strobing on my monitor. Budget is about €260. Thinking of waiting for 1060 benchmarks

here.

recommended I look into a VPS to host a Wiki. What VPS would you guys recommend? I'd be hosting pornographic Japanese content, including lolicon (Very few images, mostly written text. The images are also, imo, pretty mild. Loli is legal where I live but I don't know how that translates to VPS shit) so I need a VPS that will be OK with that kind of stuff.

Also, how closely do VPSes monitor you?

What should i upgrade first?

Depends on what you do innit?

I've got $700 and want to buy a new gaming laptop, should I build it or buy one already put together?

My intent is to run it on Windows 7 or Ubuntu, or duel booting.

Your operating system.

install a GNU/Linux distribution

What then?

...

What's a decent 1440p monitor? It doesn't need to be fancy, but I'd prefer response time under 6ms and a price range in the 350-475 area.

Look on ebay for qnix or xstar 1440p monitors from korea. I've been using 2 for the past few years and they're excellent.

I would replace that cpu. A good cpu is imo more important than a good gpu.

Get yourself a new motherboard and on top of that a i5 6600 (k if you want to overclock).

I will do that. The Qnix QX2710 looks like a great match for what I'm looking for. Thanks!

Will this motherboard support ECC RAM?

newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130657

Does is specify? No. It doesn't.

Which Z170 SLI budget motherboard should I get, GIGABYTE GA-Z170XP-SLI or ASUS Z170-E? I do expect to overclock.

Also, cable management is very important to me.

No, my autism will remain intact. My walls, however, won't, and running it under the door is impossible as its a roller door. I can easily ask an electrician to run the cable through, up and around the bedroom into the lounge through the walls, but I'm interested in why the wireless tech is/isn't viable so I can make a more informed decision.

I figured I made that clear enough but I guess not. Thanks anyway.

Just another guy looking for a phone recommendation here.

Buying my next phone outright, camera quality and batery life, device longevity. Pic related. Bonus points for CM-Stable compatibility (and to a lesser extent GLONASS)

Device longevity is a big thing for me. my HTC Sensation (Pyramid, 4.0.4) has lived 4 years because I take care of my shit, so I don't want the OS version fucking me over before it's time.

hd800 good?

Not consistently, it's probably the headphone that changes the most based on what amplifier you're using, so you'd need a very expensive amplifier too. All in all it's not worth the money. Check outi the HD800 review by Z Reviews on Youtube, he's a very honest fellow when it comes to audio. I've personally listened to all the Sennheiser headphones and while the HD650 might be technically inferior to the one you mention, it has a more enjoyable sound at a much more affordable price.

I'm looking for a 32GB USB 3.0 flash drive with read and write speeds worthy of the USB 3.0 name. The problem is that a lot of them seem to perform well below their advertised speeds, while some seem to read fast but write at USB 2.0 speeds. Anyone know what drives read AND write at fast, USB 3.0-worthy speeds? So far I've found this one that looks okay but I'd like a second opinion: amazon.com/dp/B00LFVITLK/ref=twister_B00R43VK5A?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Just found this one, think it's a good option?

This one amazon.com/dp/B017TZBE7Q/ref=twister_B0187B1TVW?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

when i searched for usb3.0 drives in the past i saw the same one you posted, haven't tried it though. i chose these below instead because reviews said the one you posted gets hot and didn't perform as expected. short of trying it who knows though.
amazon.com/Samsung-Flash-Drive-MUF-64BA-AM/dp/B013CCTJKE
amazon.com/Silicon-Power-128GB-Swivel-SP128GBUF3B30V1K/dp/B00JT0E56M
amazon.com/Silicon-Power-Jewel-Flash-SP064GBUF3J80V1TEJ/dp/B019OQJ96Q

I would go with the waterproof silicon power. I've tried the drive they make and am impressed.
amazon.com/Silicon-Power-Shockproof-Waterproof-2-5-Inch/dp/B005GHTEV8

it didn't have any panzyass management software, wasn't loaded with crapware, it uses a standard full size usb connection, performs to spec speeds, and is rugged. so i'd recommend their flash drive too.

usually when it's advertised as usb3.0 or usb2.0 but doesn't perform to spec it means they cheaped out on the controller. i have a 32 gb sandisk usb 2.0 flash drive that gets < 5 mb / s transfer. i would never buy from them and i've had bad experiences with transcend as well.

also consider a usb-c flash drive. i don't know of any good ones out right now though. would be cool to be able to jump between both phone and computer.

and actually i just realized they have a dual flash drive usb 3 and usb c.

silicon-power.com/web/product-70/en_gb/us

i might try that.

note also that the ones i suggest, i was mostly interested in a drive for a keychain so that i always have gnu+linux on me.

Anyone?

970 is the chipset I belive.
Gigabyte would probably the most stable board for your needs. AM3+ is about 3 years old so the CPU might bottleneck the GPU a little bit.

I don't know about GLONASS but the LG G3 meets all other requirements. It is what I am typing off. I have a third party battery installed, ZeroLemon 9000 mah.

Thanks m8, going with the Samsung since it seems to have the best balance of read/write speeds and what I'm looking for is a flash drive for a FreeNAS installation so I don't really need anything super portable or with a large capacity.

Can someone please recomend me a mini/mirco itx AM1 or FM2+ motherboard with two or more full high X1/4 PCIE lanes right next together. Also a mini/micro Itx case with two or more full hight PICE slots, that work without needing a riser card and if possible be stood in a vertical position?

How much faster is an rx480 compared to a gtx750ti?

I like my 750ti but would be interested in the rx480 if it's 50% faster

Is the oneplus 3 any good?

Help me Holla Forums, the struggle is getting worse.

My Turion X2 craptop is showing its age now more than ever and I am on the breaking point.

I have a budget of about £300, what is the most gaming performance on Linux I could get for the money, I would focus on AMD parts- but I don't have the jurisdiction to be picky and choosy.

I just want to play video games.

Is this powerPC or x86? This guy listed it as both PowerPC and Xeon. Was there some weird cross-licensing deal where there were Xeon branded PPC chips at some point, or is he just trying to jew somebody?

I'm gonna go ahead and invoke hanlon's razor and say the guy probably has no idea what he's talking about. It's an x86, for sure.

I have somewhere around 500-600$ to throw on a PC that will serve my gaming needs for a few years. Logical Increments says that I should get this: pcpartpicker.com/list/nGV29W

Anything wrong with it? I want to install both Linux and Windows7. Also, I live in Eastern Europe, so a lot of things will be somehow more expensive (taxes, shipping, etc), and therefore I plan on buying used parts. Anything I should be aware of?

ud3p is fine, can overclock no problem.(thats important with the high power draw of the fx series)
I had some issues with usb 3.0 speeds before it died on me, but can't tell you if was my fault.
for 60 bucks its a great deal.

2 times as fast. more or less.
if you look closely, the older nvidia cards perform worse today, because they dont get new driver support. anyway compare these 2, there is not a page with both the 750 ti and 480.
techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/RX_480/24.html
techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_750_Ti/25.html

I doubt IBM would rebrand their own ppc to intel, and I do see an intel sticker on that machine. and the xeon name is definitely intel, not ibm.

If you dislike intel and love freedom, the fx 6300 is an ok choice.
If you want most performance for your money, get an intel i3 6100 with ddr4 ram and motherboard.

And the 380 is old, wait for the RX 480 or 470 in a few weeks. Depending on the prices they have , you can choose what fits your budget.

So I should buy this: pcpartpicker.com/list/nGV29W
And also an RX 470 or 480 when they come out. I guess there is no harm in staring to hunt for the rest as used parts. Although I guess the case will be brand new. Thanks.

Bad link. pcpartpicker.com/list/hZDQZ8

Also, this system won't have any problems with Linux, right? I may want to do some video editing.

So uh... which version of the 1070 is best? I've been saving up for a while for one.

why you buy that expensive ram?

I have no idea. Which RAM should I buy?

Reading back, it sounds like I want to be sarcastic, or something similar. That is not the case, I genuinely don't know how much should I pay for 2x4gb DDR4 memory, and what companies should be preferred or avoided.

idk which one to go for, but I would just go for a non gamer ram. But in the end it is not that much of a deal, there is maybe a 8 dollar difference or something like that.

The problem is that price ranges from 15$ to 300$, and I've never heard most of these companies. Is a cheap, nameless ram a possible source of problems?

Need a good cheap laptop/note taking device for school? Recommendations? I might do more than just school stuff on it so I'd like some decent hardware. I'd also like a nice keyboard on it. In high school my parents bought me a netbook and I hated it, much too small to be comfortable while typing and hardware much too weak to handle even m$ word. Ended up stripping it and dumping it in a bucket of vegetable oil and bitcoin mining until it died. I'll probably put Nubuntu on whatever I get, or It'll just be Winshit 7

Just got 2x8gb kingston ddr4 on Amazon for like $80 last night.

Rocking an LG G4 right now, bought it outright for a little over $200 brand new on ebay. Pretty happy with it so far.

Got a stock kindle for $80, using calibre as an ebook manager. Worth every penny, and they're on sale today because Amazons shilling prime. Totally worth it IMO.

Meant Windorp 10, sorry

They give you free e-books or something for buying that crap?

Any big difference between samsung 850 evo and pro?

Any difference between samsung 850 evo and pro to justify pro's higher price?

I don't use Amazons store at all, download pdfs and use calibre to convert to az3 or mobi when you put them on the device. Hundreds of books, haven't paid a dime.

But then what's the point of buying a kindle if it doesn't come with free ebooks? I can just read my books on my computer or phone.

What is the best Windows 10 product key seller online in terms of price to reliability?

sorry for late reply.

looks good. if you want to save money, you can drop the cooler, and use the stock cooler.

ram looks fine to me, not worth searching long to save a few bucks IMO.

yeah, the pro uses MLC instead of TLC.

it will be better in the long run, hence the 10 year warranty.

I finished building my first PC not long ago (pic related, feel free to hate, I don't know jack shit about any of this), and so far I'm very happy with it. The one problem I have though is that I really need more storage for vidya and other applications. I have a 240gb SSD with the OS and as many programs as I can fit, but it isn't quite enough. The WD Blue 1TB I have for storing documents, music, and images doesn't seem like it would be fast enough to take that duty well.

So right now I need some more high performance storage. The Samsung 850 Evo looks the most attractive at the moment. If anyone has any recommendations for a SSD in a similar class, or just for a fast HDD, I'd be grateful.

Are SSHD any good? They seem like a gimmick.

Larger screen and it's eink so it's much more comfortable on the eyes. If you're not autistic about that stuff like I am then I can understand the indifference.

Why you got yourself a amd cpu? Isn't there one by intel that is the same price and better?

Bumping

Most desktop motherboards made after 1992 should support APM or ACPI, right? How do I find out before buying one? I'm building a Pentium III PC for Windows 98 and FreeDOS, and so far the APM/ACPI tool FreeDOS comes with looks like the best way to slow the CPU down for older DOS games that depend on a low clock speed. Supposedly it can divide the speed by increments of 8 and I'm looking at a 550MHz Coppermine processor so that would be perfect. Is this right?

I'm looking though motherboards because I decided that It's time to upgrade from my old i5-2500k.

I decided I'd go with a 6600k with a new mobo and some ram, from what I've seen though, it seems like all of the 1151 motherboards are absolute trash and DDR4 ram is hardly any better than DDR3.

Basically. Should I stick with my i5-2500k or what? It doesn't seem worth it to upgrade and its not like the 2500k is deprecated yet. It doesn't even bottleneck my GPU.

What is the best 5 inch and under diagonal display mobile phone I can buy used for $250>? I'm considering the Xperia Z3 Compact, Galaxy S5, and S5 Active right now. Also if anybody has experience with either of these three phones I would like to know what you thought of them.

what's wrong with the current motherboards?

What about one of these?

pcpartpicker.com/product/9L2rxr/asus-motherboard-z170p
pcpartpicker.com/product/qkX2FT/msi-motherboard-z170apro
pcpartpicker.com/product/s27CmG/gigabyte-motherboard-gab150md3hgsm

What are the best casefans that aren't flashy? (just plain black is fine)

What does /g/ think of the Dell Latitude 6420. If anyone if familiar with the 64X0 series they basically have a similar business quality laptop history as the Lenovo/IBM T4X0 series. One of the things I love about the latitudes is the fact that all of hardware is extremely accessible, something that I would say is less true about the Lenovos (accessible, but not without quite a bit more screws)

The Thinkpad competing with the E6420 would be the T420. Both of them can be configured with the same array of hardware basically. The E6420 typically runs at higher temps due to its beast of a case (which outdoes even The T4X0 series in terms of durability) but the T420 has that amazing keyboard!

I'm basically hoping to buy an E6420 for as cheap as possible and them pop the back and swap out wifi card, cpu, ram, etc, whatever I want to. But is the T420 also capable of this? Never owned one. Just hoping to cover all of my bases before I make the jump. Thanks!

I realize accidently double posted this in the questions and support thread, sorry!

What's the best GPU I can get without bottlenecking an FX-4350? A GTX 960, or should I get a GTX 950 instead?

Should I buy 1600 CL7 RAM or 2133 CL9 RAM? What gives better performance?

Have you checked out the 8460/70p?

Any recomendations for building a powerful gaming computer that with three SSD's that can boot Windows 10 for non pirated games (Black Desert), GNU/Linux for private matters, and Mac OS EL Capitan (or later) for intensive creativity (3d modeling, ect)

Also want to get a art tablet but a complete noob in this respect.

Three SSD's is a waste of money. Just get one of a reasonable size.

is the gtx 750 ti still worth getting as a budget card?
on a sidenote, does Gigabyte make decent videocards?

I own a 750 (non-TI) and think it's really great in a way, because it's fast enough to play a lot of games and doesn't even require a power connector. They're very efficient.

Depends upon what you want to do with it. Could do a lot worse for budget cards.

There may be better options and as some have mentioned, the RX480 is only about $200 and is about twice as fast as a 750ti, so more viable if you want to play new games on reasonable settings.

As for Gigabyte, I don't know, been buying EVGA for fifteen years and I'm unlikely to stop (if buying nvidia). In the past I've had to RMA a few cards and it was a good experience

How many more years is the 950 Pro going to be Samsung's flagship SSD?

I got about 450€ to spend on a gpu, which one would you guys recommend? Should i wait for the rx 490? People said it would come out later this year.

My laptop's battery is kill after less than a year of use. I'm not sure if I did something to shorten its life, it was a bad apple or it's normal for a $500 laptop's battery.

replacements form Dell are a little too expensive for me. Are third-party batteries viable?

if you do that, encrypt the Linux portion to stop malware and Microsoft from seeing your chinese cartoons and pizza.

Is there a reason you need Mac OS? Making a Hackintosh sounds like more trouble than it's worth.

Have you tried RMAing it? A dead battery after a year is a tad unusual. Try returning it and you might get lucky and the jews might be out of the office or something.

Sage because I'm off topic.

I honestly can't remember when I bought that laptop. It may have been a little more than a year. I can't even find compatible battery on Dell's website so I've been looking at this one;
amazon.com/LQM®-Laptop-Battery-Inspiron-Vostro/dp/B01CU4KQPC/ref=sr_1_34/192-6972605-5241948?ie=UTF8&qid=1468698761&sr=8-34-spons&keywords=Inspiron 15 5558 battery&psc=1

Maybe I should go to the tech support the thread and just ask how to prolong the life of a battery. . .
I doubt I could get it returned since I bought it nearly a year ago and it was originally a Windows 10 laptop.

Best website hosting?

Mostly just wondering what you all use and how you feel about it. Just need something simple/singular for now, but might want a dedicated server later.

Im looking for a new handycam, I had a Sony one for years and since it shat itself i need a new one.
Which is a good 1080p handycam for under $450?

Ok, Holla Forums. I need a laptop for school, and i have a 450 dollar budget. Is there any laptop that can play stalker, and wont fuck me over too hard with preinstalled adware?

I need a new phone, what's a nice phone that gives me cred among autists, lets me play video games, and doesn't lag when loading websites?

same happened to me, went to apple and was told that's just how it works.

It just werks!

Anyone know any graphics cards that work well on GNU/Linux? I'm looking for something that would allow me to run something like Dolphin at around 60fps with all of the fancy effects on. Other than that, I don't play many new games. Also, my friend has a GeForce 210 that he's willing to give for free. Is that any good?

any modern GPU is more than enough. you should be more concerned with how good your CPU is.

is there anything on the market like the ipod classic?

I don't want apps, or any fancy bullshit. I basically just want a portable hard drive I can plug headphones into. I hate wasting my phone battery/storage space on music. Ideally with an interface that lets me sort shit into playlists.

...

Just get a cheap, old, used android phone.

AMD cards are a must, for their open source drivers. The old Radeon open source driver is the best graphics driver if you don't want screen tearing and crashes out the ass. And the new AMDGPU driver that's being put into the new 4.7 kernel is actually competitive with Nvidia's proprietary drivers when it comes to vidya.

wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Amdgpu

Get one of these cards for AMDGPU support going forward. If you want the old driver as well, don't get the 4XX series cards.

Why do people use open-source graphical drivers?
What's the concern with the proprietary drivers?

1. De-botnetting, adherence to libre software political theory.

2. The proprietary drivers are not necessarily better. The Nvidia proprietary drivers have normally performed best at vidya in the past, but they are also very crash-prone and have lots of screen-tearing on desktop. Same with the proprietary Catalyst drivers. However, the Intel and AMD open source drivers have usually been very stable, while the Nvidia open source driver is dogshit. Now, the AMDGPU driver is actually matching Nvidia's proprietary performance on a lot of games.

3. Ease of use. When the drivers are open source, they can become part of the Linux kernel. The old open source drivers are in the Linux kernel, and the new AMDGPU driver is going to be part of the Linux 4.7 kernel. What's easier than using a driver that's built into the OS? Proprietary drivers can be a royal pain in the ass to download, choose, and maintain. Plus, when you're using a USB boot distro, you pretty much depend on the open source drivers.

...

What's the difference between ultra HD and regular HD for TVs? Is it just a marketing meme?

Can anyone recommend a good multi- HDD drive bay for my NAS? Access speeds aren't too important and I don't have much room in the case, so a single USB or E-SATA interface would actually be optimal.

UHD is a marketing term for something close to 4k. It's about 4x the resolution of regular HD.

I'm in the market for a mechanical keyboard (preferably with Cherry MX Brown switches) to replace my Dell keyboard. Any suggestions?

alright, I guess I'll go with the rx 480 then.

A few questions:
1. Would it be excessive to pair an i5-6600k with the 480?
2. What wattage would be sufficient on the PSU? 450 or so? I wasn't really planning to overclock, but I guess I might. Would also appreciate specific brand/model recommendations.
3. Would it benefit me for pick up the 8 gb vram 480 over the 4 gb version? Google says no, but I wanted to make sure. gaming in 1080p 60hz
4. Any recommendations for internal hard drive brands?
5. If I pick a mini-atx case, would the motherboard be the only part that would have to fit that specification?

where can i find a legit download of windows 8.1 or windows 8? the official download tool shits the bed and digital river has been thrown down the shitter

Nope.

When you're getting a PSU, think of what you'll put on it in the future. Will you ever use two GPUs? How many hard drives? etc. Then use this:
outervision.com/power-supply-calculator
And any PSU with lots of good reviews on newegg and an 80+ rating is fine. I also recommend modular.

4GB is fine. 8GB is overkill. 99% of games will have no difference.

HGST/Hitachi for spinning plate. Consider the purpose of the drive. A slower (5400rpm) HDD is fine for movie storage and stuff like that. 7200RPM is good for vidya. An SSD is very cheap these days and you should definitely put your programs and OS on it.

You mean micro-atx? Depends on the case. Just make sure you get something with good cable management.

Looking for a bluetooth controller compatible with android and windows. I need it to have the folloring:
1.portable, in other words not fat like the normal PS or xbox contollers.
2.have shoulder buttons
3.start/select buttons
4.have a way of mounting a phone on it
5. have a D pad
6.preferably have nintendo style abxy button(pic related).
7.preferably have circle pads like on the 3ds, worried that the joysticks will snap.
8. preferably have the d pad above the joystick like on PS controllers.

Preferably around $20 or less but willing to spend higher if required

by "nintendo style abxy buttons" I mean the button positions.

Can someone suggest a VPS provider that accepts Bitcoins and no stupid fucking anti fraud thanks

1. Go on eBay
2. Buy a good-condition iPod mini, preferably 2nd generation
3. Learn to open it up. It's not hard and there are guides online
4. Replace the old battery with a new one. these are cheap on Amazon.
5. Replace the hard drive with a 32 or 64GB CF card. This is a drop-in replacement that requires no additional modification whatsoever, because the mini used a hard drive with the same interface that a CF card uses.
6. Reformat your iPod using iTunes. It may take a couple of tries, but it'll work.
7. If you hate Apple's walled garden, then after you get the mini working with the stock firmware, you can then install Rockbox on it. It's a free, open source firmware replacement that works great on the mini.
8. Enjoy your iPod, which will have awesome battery life with the new flash storage and will be totally free of Apple's restrictions.

The whole project should come in well under $100

Get a sansa clip instead of an ipod. It's got an sd card slot, it's far cheaper and the battery life is excellent.

Brand new pc I built, first time turning on, EVGA Supernova 650GS power supply

Help, please.

Shit wrong thread. Ignore here. I'll repost it in the other.

I have 9 screens. Should i get a quadro 1200 or a titan and two gtx 940s?

Also, can i run 9 hdmi monitors off 4 displayports with hubs?

What are some good usenet and vpn providers? Is the VPN that comes with newshosting's usenet plans any good? I was thinking about going with Private Internet Access for VPN and newshosting for usenet but newshosting comes with a free vpn but they don't state what they do with your info on the VPN.

Also, is it okay to pay with VPN with a credit card or should you always just use bitcoin?

VPN is strictly for dodging low-level threats such as lawyers and shop owners. Because of that, a mainstream VPN like PIA is perfectly fine.

You can buy a giftcard at Wal-mart with cash, and buy PIA access with that. This is also the best way to get bitcoins.

What do you mean for dodging low-level threats? Also, is using a giftcard for it better than just using a credit card?

different user
What do you mean for dodging low-level threats?
On this case low-level threats most likely, local adversities, e.g ISP,network admin and local law enforcement.
A gift card is untracable as it is (generally, some require you to provide details on use) not tied to anyone. Paying in cash would improve the untracablity as again cash is unable to be traced to anyone. A credit card is issued by your bank or such which usually has at least: address, name, DOB, contact details.

What is the best internal BD reader on the market?
I want one that is region free, if that's possible.

Wouldn't using the VPN making it clear that you have it though even if you don't purchase it in your name?

Thinking about switching my hd 5850 for 750ti. I'm just tired of amd's shitty drivers on gnu/linux.
It is very unstable, I have to reboot the whole system after a few days of uptime because of micro stuttering after a while. desktop performance in kde also suffers sometimes, for unknown reasons
but the worst of the worst is the mouse cursor glitch on multi monitor setup.

Anyway, I don't really need any more performance than my 5850 provides and 750ti seems like a cheap affordable replacement. My question is, What's the status of nvidia drivers on Xorg?

With those old cards you're going to have trouble no matter what you pick, catalyst or gallium.
If you want AMD, go with an AMDGPU supported card. They're working hard on that.
Otherwise, nvidia for proprietary, which comes with an installation burden depending on the distro and ultimately the versions of certain libraries and the proprietary drivers provided by your distro.

The short answer is, yes, the status of the proprietary nvidia drivers should be good, especially for that "old" card.

How do I go from Ubunutu to Win10 without spending any money?

Is such a thing even possible?

Student here, so maybe that helps.. I'm too scurred to torrent since no VPN, but will if I have to (hide.me has a free service anyway..)

750ti is considered old? really? I thought it was current, since it's listed in geforce.com and all.
Would 950 give me better driver experience? I might drop a little more cash if it makes a difference.
I lost faith in amd honestly. amdgpu sounds promising but I'm not sure..

Old for an enthusiast card, sure.
Not old for your use case.

why would you even want to do that?

1. install windows 7 ultimate mirror.corenoc.de/digitalrivercontent.net/
2. use daz loader (md5sum 323c0fd51071400b51eedb1be90a8188)
3. restart
4. go to microsoft site, or just search for 'update to windows 10'
5. run the exe
6. watch as your false OEM license is laundered to windows 10

i take it you're underage or new around these parts. lurk more.

I'm going to be selling my X220 Tablet, and I see they go for much more with Win10.

I'm semi new. Tier 2 pleb - I've ran Ubuntu for some time and I'm getting into entry level assembly and C programming, and have trouble with a lot basic shit but I'm here to learn.

I don't have time to 'lurk more' until my answer presents itself, that's why I'm posting here.. And the false license is exactly why I'm posting this. I'm not sure if you're trolling or not though, would I get busted if my false OEM license gets laundered to Win10?

Are you going to help me out user or just

JUST

Need to sell this puppy so I can get a libreboot compatible X200T. Thanks in advance to anyone helping answer this:

No
All their updater cares about is that it's activated, Daz Loader uses the OEM key that the particular motherboard/OEM uses. You get a new license. I told you how to do it, if you're not retarded it takes one hour tops.

Thanks user! Wasn't sure if you were trying to bait me into getting v&.. Still don't believe you so I have some research to do, but ty for the lead

NIGGA DON'T DO IT. I had the same card and it's a fucking nightmare on Linux. Get an AMD card on this list:
wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Amdgpu
It'll be good in AMDGPU with the next couple of kernel updates, and the open source Radeon driver is good for basic desktop stuff in the meantime. If you get a 750ti, you will have crashes and screen tearing out the ass. The newest proprietary drivers give a black screen, older ones also give a black screen, and the ones that work are extremely inconsistent. Don't even think about trying open source. It also ties you to distros that can use the nvidia PPA repo.

That's more a case of user error. I said nvidia drivers come with an installation burden.
Most of the SI+ cards on that list are overkill for him. But you are right that it would be the right choice for the future, with amdgpu work, as I already tried to convince him.

But even then amdgpu requires relatively recent kernels, which means no babbys first loonix install, just like the nvidia process.

It would, however the tracing trail becomes colder when instead of a getting credit card details that [insert your Intelligence org of choice here] can then go to a bank and get other details else right away, they have to ask the provider "what is the payment details for any accounts associated with this IP address?". Which will lead them to a gift card number, then they can go ask the issuer "can you please draw up footage and or purchasing data (I.e store brought from,time,ammount used related to this gift card number", which expensive as hell in resources. Also if you wait a few months/weeks the chance that the footage exists is lower as any longer than a few months worth of footage will likely seem to not be worth keeping. Also it is likely that the place you brought it from has a policy against wearing face obsuring items.
Manjaro can problem be considered a babies first distro.

no, it's unsolvable problems with the drivers.

the 360 and 460 are right in range of the 750ti he wants.

manjaro is babby's 1st linux. I'm on 4.6 right now, looking forward to 4.7.

Yes, depending on how deeply your traffic is being inspected, a provider or hotspot could tell you're using a VPN. However, VPN traffic can be masked as HTTPS traffic (and is very similar anyway), and the majority of VPN users aren't doing things that NSA or FBI care about, so it's harmless. If you're getting drugs on TOR or something, it's good to access TOR through your VPN, because your ISP is very unlikely to notice it. If you use TOR directly over your connection, you get instaflagged by the NSA.

Anybody know that ideal amount of 'stable' performance a computer needs to have while recording shit? I remember an old PC World article went on old Atom CPUs and used Renoise or Mixcraft with low-latency drivers several years ago, and it worked reasonably fine for the writer of the article. With that aspect in mind, do you think that the average modern-day Celeron/Pentium toaster laptop with 4GB of RAM would be able to churn out multiple songs without crashing?

Average toaster should be fine

Are there any usenet provides that have a way to pay besides creditcard? I was going to use newshosting because it seemed like one of the better ones but it only offers credit card and paypal. Unless there is another payment option I'm missing for newshosting?

Hi all, any advice on picking a motherboard for Linux?
I was thinking of buying newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157635
but I'm not sure if
is something that I'm looking for.
Also: if my ram's exact frequency (I think this is the right term) isn't listed on the motherboard, what would happen if I used my RAM with the motherboard?

Would you guys recommend any e-book reader or are they just a meme? And where do you guys go to find and download .pdf's or whatever file extension is hip nowadays?

Hey guys, usb powered speakers that aren't complete shit?

There's only so many standard frequencies, if you're using the same style of RAM (ddr3, etc) and your RAM is at a lower frequency you should be fine. Worst that could happen is it won't boot, remember they get sued if it explodes and kills someone, so it wont.

it is a z170 chipset, so overclocking for higher frequency is possible. but in this specific case, all commonly available ddr4 ram are listed by asrock , so I doubt you could find ram on another frequency.
(try pcpartpicker.com, might help)
And that app shit is probably only for windows anyway, its totally unimportant.

The benefit of an e-reader is the e-ink screen.
Makes a huge difference for me, but that might be different for other people.

but I did

amazon.com/dp/B00GM83C86/ref=psdc_172500_t1_B00DRIKQM4

amazon.com/dp/B00DRIKQM4/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=TIKSH73THBJ8&coliid=I2J77RO9RX0QCF

newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233365&cm_re=corsair_vengence_1600-_-20-233-365-_-Product

I'm looking to purchase 32gb ram, which one should I get? which other 8gb ram sticks should I consider? My price range is under 150$

I got a Kobo glo a few months ago, I love the thing. It's far better than the amazon kindle.

I have an ISP provided router/modem/switch (BT Home Hub 3). What are the advantages of getting a non-ISP router/modem? Is a router/modem combination better, worse or no different to having separate devices? What do you have and what do you recommend?

Thanks :)

Best build with 480?

I just built an X58 system with some used parts (although most are near new condition) for crazy cheap. I still have to play around with overclocking and sort out a few minor issues (only just booted it the first time and did some minimal stress testing), but would people be interested in a thread on this sort of thing?

It's using a Xeon x5677 but could also use an x5650 or some other choices. I'm pretty sure it will be able to beat a lot of fx8350 builds and surprisingly for less cost.

Although it lacks USB 3 and sata III

Interesting at all for anybody?

I might have gotten lucky with my mobo purchase on ebay because a lot of other x58 mobos are overpriced, but I picked up a EVGA X58 Micro SLI (supports SLI and Crossfire) for $90 shipped. Ended up supporting the dual-QPI Xeon without mods.. although I was willing to do the mods.

I guess a safer bet for comparable performance is an AMD build but I'm really interested to see what performance I'm going to be able to scrape out of this old Xeon

These Xeons have a lot of cache and have better single-thread performance than current AMD cpus, it's just a matter of overclocking to surpass them, and I haven't delved into that yet but they are supposed to overclock well. 130 watts though at stock (turbo) clocks..

ISP router/modem is fine unless you find that it's actually not fine for some specific reason, or fear NSA firmware and think you can do safer

So the 1080 is the only option if you have money?

I got currently 500€ and want to buy a new gpu by the end of 2016, is there anything nice announced? I guess by 2016 I could add another 100-150€ to that.

I would prefer a amd card because my screen has freesync.

rx 490 will be out

So I have $250 and am debating getting a chromebook for college note-taking/general media use. Is there any reason not too? I'm not familiar with the Chrome OS and want to know if they're are any particular restrictions.

I heard it was delayed to the middle of q1 2017.

Make sure you won't be required to use any software that won't run on a Chromebook. This may or may not be an issue, depending on your major - contact your major department and ask them if there's any specific software that students will be expected to be able to run.

Also, figure out how you're going to do printing. You're almost guaranteed to have some old-school professors who want you to turn in your papers on, well, paper. Printing from a Chromebook isn't impossible, but it's not as easy as just plugging a printer into your USB port.

Anyone?

with $250, just get a used thinkpad/latitude/elitebook. throw an SSD in there and you're good.

Hi Holla Forums, I live in a small space and I finally found a pc case that fits perfectly where I want it without having to rearrange or replace other pieces of furniture. The problem is that is a small case and full size gpus will fit length-wise but height wise is tight and impossible when the power connectors increase that height up on top where they normally go.

So, aside from the Nano-- which is a little over kill and expensive for 1080p and a half-size workstation gpu, are there any side power connecting gpus that are at the 960/380 level or a bit higher or gpus for smaller cube-like cases?

Also, what is the correct term I should be using to search them out?

Thanks in advance.

I have 300 bucks to spend on a new thinkpad. What's the best one I can get for my money?

alot of people have been mentioning that camera's with built in wifi are very insecure. basically it's the new gimmick for people who want to be exceptionally lazy and transfer data from their camera to their computer or their phone without using a cable or a memory card, even though the stupid thing will be sitting right next to it anyway, wifi being slower than direct connection for sure.

Anyways, my camera broke and I'm looking for a new one, requirements listed in green text.

I can't seem to find this anywhere.

forgot to mention:

Crap, sorry. also No GPS.

What's the best printer right now that I can get. Many printers are either slow, finicky and doesn't offer choice of adding a larger ink cartridge.

Are there even any printers right now that's good

3D printer is probably your best choice, but you should do your own research first depending on your needs, and make sure to not buy anything more expensive than what you are able to afford. I would also stick around for a second a third opinion and then more.

anyways, my personel opinion is that you should get a 3D printer because you could make almost anything with that.

also, you could print a long chain of 3D printers that 3D print other 3D printers and you could print yourself a girlfriend. we all need one.

Any recommendations for motherboards with multiple NICs built in? Like for use as a router.

x86_64 and otherwise as close to a desktop mobo as possible, but with multiple NICs?

Or on the other hand, got recommendations for dual or quad gigabit NICs (PCI or PCI-Express) that don't suck and don't cost a fortune?

should a short warranty on an external hard drive be a red flag?
like, 1 year as opposed to 3 years

what is the best option to get a lot of space for little money? I recently bought a wd black with 3tb, but that one is already 75% full.

While that shit is fast as fuck, games load way faster on that drive than they do on my wd blue, it is imo to expensive. What I need is a cheap hdd which is only used to store shit like music, pirated blurays and shit like porn.

What would you recommend?

well obviously you should get a slower hdd. one of the 5200rpm ones. Use it solely for storage.

I was wondering If I should pick up this probook 6470b. I need a laptop for general web browsing and the occasional playstation or gamecube game and this looked like a good fit. The i5 3320m in it is faster than the newer pentiums in similarly priced modern laptops, but I'm wondering if I'll be missing out on anything, going with a laptop from 2012. I also want to put another 4gb stick of ram in it, but don't know if that's possible. If you know a better laptop in the sub $250 price range, or have owned one of these, please tell me. Thanks

Yes as at least to me it shows a lack of confidence in the product. However it is a pretty standard time for most consumer products. Also jist some advice avoid Segate (or at least the USB 3 versions) (for internals, nothing from them will last long) as their failure rate is very high and usually there is little to no warning. On top off this, it may just be a Segate thing but the external HDD was a sealed unit with absolutely no way to get into it without destroying it (at least for the USB 3 version that I have).

5400rpm on a desktop (even as a laptop drive) is completely usable on a desktop, where as with a laptop good luck as you are going to need it.

Sansa Clip or a Fiio X1/X3.

What's the best vector tracing program?

Only FOSS I can find is Potrace. Worth using?

Has anyone here bought these "white label" HDDs?
They seem like they could be decent to put in a RAID1 setup.

I got a pair of Sennheiser HD558s.

They're pretty great, but unfortunately, the full jack to minijack converter is far too heavy and it's already ruined both my laptop and stationary's audio port.

To rectify this I could obviously get a longer male to female that isn't as heavy at the end, however, I'm considering just getting a DAC instead since I was thinking of getting one anyway.

However, most DACs I've seen that have a 6.35mm port are super fucking expensive. I don't have that kind of money at the moment. I also don't know shit about DACs and don't know what to look for in one.

Can anyone recommend me a decent one that doesn't cost too much which supports 6.35mm jacks?

Never bought one, how much would you save and is it worth it?

I guess if you're using RAID1 the risk isn't huge

They were mostly WD Reds last I heard.

What is your opinion of the 2600k in 2016? Still good for Linux?

Would Holla Forums recommend immersion cooling? Would it be worth it to build a computer with something like Novec 1230?

Thinking about upgrading my Z30 to a Passport.. Worth it or no? How hard is it to carry that big square around?

Thinking about upgrading my Z30 to a Passport.. Worth it or no? How hard is it to carry that big square around?

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wait and see what Blackberry unveils next week. They may introduce a new Android version of a passport.

I'm looking for a good solution to sneak drinks into a live theatre. Is there a way to muffle the sound of the liquid inside a flask like the one in the file so that it makes little to no noise?

Purely a fun gimmick build. Obviously it must make it a total pain in the ass to swap parts. Little to no practical value.

does anyone know?

Laptops all suck.

There is no good search platform for laptops. Amazon is closest, but completely fails by not having screen type as a filter option (IPS, VA, TN, etc).

I'm thinking about recommending someone shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/e-series/e560/ customised with an ssd and ips display. I know there has to be better options, but it is impossible to find them because only normies seem to care about laptops and have no standards when choosing which to purchase.

For a laptop to be not trash in 2016 it needs the equivalent or superior of an IPS 1080 screen, an 128GB SSD, i3 skylake processor, non-chinese build quality, and, for consumer assurance, a review of quality similar to that found at notebookcheck.net/ for under 900 US sheckles. Why is this difficult?

my primary linux partition is on one and has been going strong since day 1 with no issues

The GTX 3.5 GB has a specific ITX friendly model as does the R9 380, but the newer cards, RX 480 and GTX 1060 are your best bets since the 970/380 are EOL. Recently installed an RX 480 in a Thermaltake F1 supressor cube case, worked okay. And the EVGA GTX 1060 looks solid for small cases too.

I think the height, not necessarily length, is the issue and the location of power connectors on the side instead of top like the Nano is what they are looking for. That 380 has them on the side, the 970/1060 are on top. Thanks for that, it is exactly what I needed, hope that helps the original user who asked too.

I'm in the market for a laptop that's reliable, lightweight and cheap. Any recommendations?

Hi all, looking for a mid/mini ATX tower case (maybe micro ATX as well, depending on what motherboard I get), any recommendations? I don't really care about how quiet it is, just how easy it is to work with and the airflow (to a lesser extent the aesthetics)
also, any mobo recommendations for mini/micro atx? chipset has to be z170, will not be using SLI or crossfire

sorry, meant ATX/mini/micro ATX for the motherboard. I'm still a little confused on the form factors, but I guess the form factor I choose for the motherboard will determine the size of the case I end up getting.

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so my ram's frequency is 3000 mhz. I'm looking at a motherboard right now that says it supports 2933 mhz, and 3200 mhz.
What will happen if I use my ram with this motherboard? Will it downclock to 2933 mhz?

Can someone help me find an Antec ISK 300-65? They're discontinued so are out of stock in most places. I'm in the UK, so UK sellers would be best.

amzn.com/B01F1Z78U8
You aren't going to find something under $600 that fits any respectable definition of reliable.

This a joke? Why would I pay $1800 for a laptop?

This looks quite good, but I would prefer something in a lower price bracket, since this laptop won't be used for anything CPU-intensive.

Where do I go to learn which headphones are good.

Looking for a noise cancelling headphone.

fill it completely so it doesn't slosh around?

Killer. Glad I didn't list my z30 already. I'm partial towards the bb10 over Android though tbh

I swear to god every post I ever see on this board about headphones is totally retarded.

Noise-cancelling headphones are not good. Closed diaphram headphones are not good.

But everybody that posts here about headphones is apparently a child that rides the bus so I guess have fun with whatever garbage you end up having to settle for

this is a containment thread, user

How do I crack a steam game? I'm using OSX, but it should be similar to linux cracking. I can open the file with sublime text and it seems I get some code 00CA (things like that).

I'm trying to pirate the EU4 DLC's, but OSX doesn't use steamapi.dll files, it uses libsteam_api.dylib. I have the base game bought though. If you guys can help me crack this game then I can share it on /gsg/ afterwards.

fugg, I meant to post this somewhere else.

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I'm thinking about purchasing a pair of those, my dac is my Fiio x3. Have you foam modded the 558s yet, scrub?

I just can't decide between a kel-tec KSG or a Steyr Aug. Let me know what you guys think would be most effective against destroying a crowded server.

Looking for cheapish headphones that are portable, ideally with a small carrying case, but still sound better than earbuds. Any suggestions?

im not an expert, but if you're willing to go with earbuds, these have really good sound for the price. real cheap, decent ass sound.
amazon.com/Monoprice-108320-Enhanced-Isolating-Earphones/dp/B007VEQ2UU

Got several questions:
What is a decent cooler for socket 478? CPU runs hot with stock.
What are some dependable IDE HDs?

just don't.

I want to buy LG G5 case from Spigen. After bit of research I think what would fit best my needs is Rugged or Tough armor. Which one is is better for everyday use, and which one is more easily removed? Considering how weak LG G5 battery is, I will buy a spare one and swap them as needed and to do that I need a case that can be easily removed from the phone

Anyone?

duuuuude

What's a good mITX tower/HTPC chassis that can contain at least two 2.5 inch drives and one 3.5 inch drive? Bonus points if it can house an optical drive and a long video card.

Are there any decent password managers that aren't based in America? I feel like I need to upgrade my safe, pen and paper, and encoding approach.

The first one located here is entirely local without the need of synchronisation
privacytools.io/#pw

I need a new battery for my Thinkpad T410, the battery dies out in less than an hour, it's an i7 model and running korora 23 linux. What should I do?

ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-Thinkpad-x200-12-1-C2D-Dual-Core-2-40GHz-4GB-Ram-160GB-HDD-7454-CTO-/131875066692?hash=item1eb45dd344:g:BiUAAOSw7s5XhCHi

shop around for the highest cell count oem battery. don't go with the chink generics unless you're really hurting for money, they rarely have 100% of the advertised capacity new.

I'd say the fractal core 500
it fulfills all of those except for long video cards

Need a powerhouse laptop to use as a portable workstation, budget is about 1600
My basic needs are high-end video editing, and graphics design. Also gaming wouldn't be too shabby either.

Some user here suggested the Dell XPS 15 and it looks great, but I'm also open to second opinions

Dell also looks like they have good deals on Alienwares but the main things keeping me away from that is that they look like fucking toys. I also hear though that they're designed to avoid throttling at higher temps and have better thermal design than the XPS, is this true?

Could someone suggest a brand of a physical safe?