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Can someone shed light on this?
As far as I can tell, there is only one 560 2win card which has 2gb vram (1gb usable because SLI).
Apparently they have 1gb models in stock and ready to ship.
How do they have a card that doesn't exist?
Why does my Samsung headphones sound better than my headphones? Is it because my phone has a better soundcard than my PC or is it because I have to burn my headphones in or is that a meme?
>>54776087
Adapt sound settings.
what exactly happens after win 8.1 license expires? how can I activate it for free?
total noob here, yep, just came here for an answer to this
I'm wondering if there is a somewhat elegant solution to this and I don't quite know how to proceed.
I want a more private/Free solution to services that stream your own music. Currently, I'm using Google Play music because it lets you upload your own music and also play music on demand that they have (but I'm willing to forsake this last part).
I get that this will involve running some server software, but I don't have a server and I don't really know where to begin with running one locally.
I would prefer to sign up for hosting and access the server remotely. That way, I could benefit from the backup service that a host would offer.
I don't have an astronomical amount of music (that I care about storing), but I do store my music in FLAC format for archival purposes.
I'd be comfortable with ~60GB starting, but even at that point the hosting services I've looked that seem prohibitively expensive.
Would anyone recommend a solution that has worked for them?
>>54775938
In general, it's rarely worth upgrading prebuilts, since the power supplies are usually just the bare minimum and even if you're willing to replace that, the cases are often tiny and cramped, making for a poor experience when working on them yourself. Do yourself a favor and build a new computer from scratch.
>>54776103
>license expired. system will self destruct in 10..
>>54776103
Windows licenses dont expire.
Did you install it without putting in a key?
Reposting:
Is there a reputable place to buy miscellaneous shit like laptop power cables? I have an older MSI laptop whose power cable is rapidly degrading; MSI doesn't sell cables for it anymore and the one result on Amazon doesn't look great...
Firefox updated without my permission.
Yes I have automatic updates off.
It disabled my extensions without my permission.
How do I get them back? It won't me re-enable them because they aren't signed.
>>54776103
I hope you arent running without a valid windows key.
You get an ultimatum
>>54776096
Settings in my soundcard or my adapter? Because I don't have an adapter, I was told the headphones didn't need one to sound good.
>>54776212
Newegg or Monoprice.
Most laptop power cables are pretty standard, so it shouldn't be too much of an issue unless MSI is run by dicks who thinks it's a good idea to make proprietary power cables.
>>54776219
Roll back to an older version?
Thank you to the guy who answered my question about the XPS 8300
>>54776176
He has a decent prebuilt though.
I7-2600 with 8gbs of ram.
That CPU will match cards like the 970 real nicely still.
>>54776210
>>54776226
I remember installing it a year ago and then activating it with some pirated activator
now it's telling me the license is going to expire in a few days
>>54776279
Yeah most people ask about 5 year old 400$ prebuilts that wouldnt have been worth upgrading the day they bought them.
>>54776175
What are the requirements?
Streaming at home? On the go? To your phone?
>>54776290
>pirated windows
>installed 8.1
You deserve the cryptolocker when it expires.
>>54776175
>i want things that go above normal use
>i dont want to pay for it
>i also dont want to put any effort in to it locally
Buy a vps
What is the difference in updating Realtek High Definition Audio from their own website, and from my motherboards website? The one on the motherboard site is 3 years old and on the main site, it is a month old.
>>54776317
Streaming from phone. It makes sense to keep local files at home and play those locally.
>>54776219
>auto off
Clearly you did not
Down grade or use nightly tools
>>54776251
Oh wow, I hadn't realized there was any amount of cross-company standardization. It looks like my model uses a 5.5mm x 2.5mm connector, which seems common enough. Thanks, Anon.
Gonna reamp my pc
3- 1080p monitors and a 1070
or
3 -1440p and a 1080?
>>54776325
I don't even know what that is
would you mind just answering my question or please ignoring it?
>>54776343
You answered your own question - your mb manufacturer does not care about updating drivers.
>>54776175
you're looking for something like that ?
http://www.subsonic.org/pages/index.jsp
Just installed W10. What's the best package for silencing the snooping shit? Which one will cause the least amount of potential issues/instabilities going forward?
>>54776386
Wasn't sure if it had anything to do with newer drivers not being supported or something. Will update now tho.
>>54776370
I do, but it turns out they handled the add-on disabling server side.
>>54776379
Make sure everything is right, especially the voltage.
>>54776392
>http://www.subsonic.org/pages/index.jsp
Yeah, this looks appropriate. Thanks.
>>54776381
don't waste your money and wait for the good GPU to appear
>>54776409
>server side
What the fuck are you on about?
Addons are local,it will do a check to be faggots.But either downgrade, upgrade your addons, edit the addon and bump its version, or just install nightly tools and turn off the check
>>54776409
Will do. The voltage is 19.5, which doesn't appear to be super common, but common enough. How important is the amperage?
>>54776382
The answer is, you let windows update to the point the pirating methods dont work anymore. An update recognized the pirate key loader.
Now you have to buy a windows key at a more expensive price or windows locks your shit up. Your files have probably already been tagged, so unless you made backups your files may just be fucked. They get encrypted and you cant use them until they get unencrypted. Its a cryptolocker.
Its why you shouldnt pirate shit when you dont know what you are doing.
>>54776403
The one they offering on their website is the one they probably actualy tested with their mb. It does not mean that newer drivers will not work, it just means that mb manufacturer never bothered to check them and therefore does not gaurantees that they will work.
What's the best torrent software right now? Not looking to get slapped with some bullshit DMCA blackmail fines.
>>54776402
piggybacking off of this one. what is the option to turn off to make sure I'm not P2P sharing windows updates?
>>54776489
> P2P sharing windows updates
Is it on by default? Fucken M$.
>>54776402
>>54776489
Did you do all of this during installation?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=u1kGMCfb2xw
>>54776479
It doesn't matter what software you use, they all expose your IP to anyone else downloading the torrent.
>>54776532
Still, I'm fucking not using utorrent. How is Deluge these days?
>>54776479
get a VPN
>>54776552
qBittorrent master race.
>>54776382
The real answer is, you get a nag message and it wont let you change your background.
Just download a new activator and youll be fine.
Why is dwight the face of this general?
>>54776449
I get it. I back up all the files that matter to me but I guess it won't let me work normally with new files if the old ones got encrypted. if I decide to buy a legit key what kind of key should I get? is win10 any good already or not? I'd appreciate any tips
>>54776566
what's the fucking point of trying to not spend money then
>>54776612
He is joshing you
see
>>54776588
Get a new activator and windows will shut its face.
>>54776608
Here's your (you)
>>54776614
Only fucking retards torrent without a VPN
>>54776587
Do I need the PGP sig? I do not know these things.
>>54776050
>A card that doesn't exist
Wat? You really haven't explained your question very well, but I'll attempt to answer. Sometimes there are OEM versions of a card made for, say, Dell or another big company that have different stats.
>>54776382
Nope, fuck you. If you want a free operating system, run Linux. If you're going to suck Nadella's dick, get on with it and open your wallet.
>>54776381
>1080 in the year of our lord 2016.
Are you a console fag?
>>54776175
>private solution to stream your own music
Murfie.com works great for me - take a close look at their offering, it might work for you if you still have the original discs you ripped your music from.
>>54776435
19.5 will probably run fine on a 19V or 20V adapter. If you want full functionality from your adapter, you will need AT LEAST as high an amperage rating as the stock adapter. If the amperage is higher, that's fine, just not lower.
>>54776661
wat
1. What's the best FLAC encoder? I hear cuetools has better compression than libFLAC, is there any better?
2. What would be a good cheap tablet for watching movies and general home stuff like web browsing? I can get a Nexus 7 2013 for 300 AUD, would that be the best for the price?
Xposed modules aren't working on my Galaxy S5 with Cyanogenmod 12
It says that everything is installed and working fine but none of the modules actually do anything
Anyone know what to do?
>>54776654
well ok. thanks for clearing that up for me.
and, just in case someone reading this has used one recently or something, where can I get an activator for win8.1 not filled with viruses and shit and actually still working?
This is my school email. What is this trying to do to my phone?
>>54776719
>best FLAC encoder
Who cares? It's lossless, and I doubt there's a significant difference in compression between encoders.
>>54776757
Google Management allows sysadmins to see your emails and web history. Don't install it on your personal devices.
>>54776757
>touchwizz
>>54776774
I want maximum compression though. My FLAC library is approaching 200GB, and I wouldn't mind saving a few gigs, until I can afford more storage.
>>54776794
Thanks for helping. Now I need to figure out a way to hide the notification
This is a amateurish question, but please bare with me:
How can I make a command repeat/relaunch itself indefinitely once it finishes? In other words, I need it too keep looping: Run - Finish - Rerun - finish - rerun, etc until I cancel the loop.
Context:
I made a handy bash script (with the help of a kind /g/entooman) to download live-streams with a unique file name. It works great, but often the streams cut out for a few seconds, which causes the downloader to end the download stream. I need it to keep trying to download until the stream comes back online.
Friend and I want to start experimenting with game dev.
Is there a general consensus on which engine (unity/gamemaker/etc) would be our best bet?
[spoiler]bonus for: free and or easy collaboration[/spoiler]
Google is leading me on a wild goose chase
Bought monitor
Has crappy speakers but speakers non the less
Want to use the headphone jack and main speakers at same time
Is this possible or do I just have to keep switching default audio every time i want to use headphones and or just stick with case outputs?
>>54776662
>been torrenting since suprnova and shit python bittorrent app was the only client
>been through 4 isps
>never a C&D. copyright infrindgent
>Only cox bitched about using 5tb upload in a month.
>told me to keep it below 3TB and thats under acceptable use.
Yeah.
>>54776798
>library
Encode and delete?
Having a "library" is retarded. Download it as flac then encode it to your prefered codec.
>>54776889
It wont just "resume", if the feed cut out, it cuts the connection off from the server(thats how it goes out)
>>54776990
Great, now you lost all your lossless source files and cannot transcode your library to newer, superior codecs as they come along in the future.
Don't give out such retarded advice ever again.
I hear that 3TB drives are notoriously unreliable due to an unusual platter layout, but I found a killer deal on a WD Blue 3TB. Are they really that bad? It's just going to be a storage drive, not going to play games off it or anything.
>>54777040
Ill download them again? kek
320kps mp3 has been standard for the past decade.Prove me wrong
Flac has a ceiling.
Does all Amps work for all headphones, if we ignore power?
I need a new laptop what should I get
>>54777101
Budget is everything
I have video files on my computer that I want to watch with my friend. Skype isn't working and Rabbit isnt working. what can we do?
Hey guys I have a question. I want to buy a ssd (my first one) and I was planning on going with a cheap one (Adata SP550 109.00 on amazon) but one of the users where complaining about its speed dropping to 80 m/s after the first 260 mb were copied. Now I am coming from a HDD so my question is would this be such a difference from what I currently have (negatively) or it would still be a good upgrade to my old machine. A review said that it wasn't for gaming or media storage. Should I go with an older PNY with MLC but that is $139.00 or with a Samsung 850 Evo (not the pro version) for $150.00. Are the 80 m/s the normal speeds you see on a HDD? If thats the case then I would not "notice" any difference when I am installing or copying a file but I would see a great difference when load the os or programs.
>>54777109
around 500$
>>54777094
And will even a cheap Amp make the sound better? And by how much?
>>54777125
Just get one of the cheap Sandisk ones, they're decent. Not as blazing fast as the Samsung high-end ones or Intel, but you can't really go wrong with them. Just stay away from the cheapo brands like adata and kingston, the price difference isn't worth it anyway.
>>54777014
I think I've actually found a solution. Using a simple 'while' script seems to be working, I just need to fix some of the file locations/names.
I had been trying to get 'watch' to work before, but that just wasn't what I was looking for.
>>54777062
That was the first batch that came out,same with the 4tb's.
>>54777146
I will sound about 3 better
>>54777199
>>54777148
>>54777125
ADATA is reliable, but yeah its not amazing, good for something that is not important like a old laptop but not for a main OS Desktop SSD.
Save and get a 850 EVO.
Does anyone know an alternative to Xposed?
>>54777214
tree fiddy to be more precise
>>54777125
ADATA is probably okay, but the Samsung 850 EVO is pretty much the standard. I bought my 250GB 850 EVO for $90 or $100 probably 8 months ago, so there's really no excuse for buying a 2nd-tier brand today.
>>54776687
Power adapter guy here; thank you so much for your advice, Anon.
>>54775979
Does anyone use the extension Imagus?
I can't seem to disable particular sites and it's driving me nuts. I've disabled ALL rules but it keeps on working. what do?
>>54777148
>>54777242
>>54777307
Thank you for the input guys. What about the PNY one? It has MLC and the Samsung has TLC. Which one do you recommend?
This the PNY
http://www amazon com/dp/B019H3B248?tag=anandtech01-20&ascsubtag=[site|anand[cat|NA[art|9799[pid|B019H3B248|NA[bbc|text
this is the evo
http://www amazon com/dp/B00OBRE5UE/ref=psdc_1292116011_t1_B01B4NUKME
>>54777307
What has been your experience with the EVO? Do you see any degradation when copying large files (movies etc) or installing games?
>>54777421
>PNY
Avoid Kingston and PNY SSDs, also other noname SSDs.
850 EVO is that good, there is no reason to get another SSD if you are going to use it for years on a desktop.
Also why remove the dots from the links?
>>54777062
I've heard that 3TB drivers are the most reliable. Or at least WD/Hitachi
>>54777440
>dots
filters being niggers
>>54777421
PNY is shit compared to Samsung. Samsung and Intel are pretty much the two top-tier brands in the consumer market.
PNY doesn't make any of the hardware that goes into their SSDs, the drives are essentially just re-badged from some other mfr and PNY just doesn't have the expertise in-house to deliver the customer experience that the top-tier brands can. Same with Kingston, OCZ, et cetera.
I have had no issues with my 850 EVO. Here I just ran a test for you:$ sudo hdparm -tT /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
Timing cached reads: 22374 MB in 2.00 seconds = 11197.69 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 1488 MB in 3.00 seconds = 495.99 MB/sec
When I try to extend my displays or set the refresh rate of my 144hz monitor higher than 120hz my primary monitor artifacts the fuck out like an acid trip and I have to wait 15 seconds for windows to revert the setting. What the hell is going on here? I did a video capture and no artifacts came up in the playback, is my monitor fucked or my gpu?
>>54777516
AMD?
>>54777496
>11197.69 MB/sec
what
No, Nvidia.
>>54777542
That's cached speed, just essentially an artifact of the way a good OS caches data.
>>54777520
novidia
>>54777542
Cache speed, pretty much your RAM speed.
Also known as RAPID mode on some SSDs.
Useless other than in benchmarks.
I'm trying to install this ad blocker for spotify in linux mint. I don't know what to do after clicking the install.ch file. Can someone point me in the right direction?
>>54777557
I've got an 850 pro and average 3k mB/s
What the fuck am i doing wrong
>>54777575
>>54777576
>3k mB/s
wat?
>>54777612
>>54777626
hmm interesting. I'd guess it just has to do with your RAM speed or the amount of RAM you have.
3000 vs 11000 really makes no practical difference. What's the biggest file you commonly load anyway?
Making a thread for this seems silly so I'll try my luck here
Total retard with a budget of maybe 1k dollarydoos or so. Does this look even slightly okay or is it fucked completely?
I would gladly take some advice from people who might know more about making proper builds for video gayman than I do.
>>54777874
Get a 240GB SSD, avoid OCZ, get a 850 EVO.
Might want to spend more on the videocard.
Alternatively:
>>54777496
thanks for the numbers anon!
>>54777565
also thanks for the clarification, I also found they have a partition like SLC that works faster and works like a buffer so it "masks" the slowness TLC has in small file processes
>>54777894
>>54777874
>Alternatively:
Spend less on case.
A H97 motherboard/GA-Z97X-UD3H or ASUS Z97-A.
Get a Skylake CPU (I5-6400).
Will a 650w psu work for the up coming 1070?
>>54777941
Depends on the rest of your build but yeah.
Its rated for 150-170W so it should have no problem with a 650W PSU.
>>54777874
OCZ is shit.
>>54777874
Nothing inherently wrong, but:
1. CPU is a little underwhelming
2. Unless you only plan on having 2-3 games installed at one time, you're probably going to find 120GB of storage to be very restrictive.
3. If you can wait on a GPU, you should probably do so. AMD is going to announce their new cards soon, and Nvidia will be releasing the 1070 soon as well. If nothing else, there will (hopefully) be better deals on the old cards once the new ones arrive.
4. Your case is almost as expensive as your CPU. Nothing really wrong with that, but most people would recommend getting a cheaper case and use the extra cash to get a better CPU/GPU. (I'd be a hypocrite if I recommended doing that myself; I'm looking into a custom case that costs *more* than my CPU)
Just some stuff to think about. What you have there would work just fine, but may not be optimal (particularly the storage).
Are antivirus actually worth their shit?
>>54778022
In money? only inside business with tech illiterate people.
In what they are? a good one, yes.
You cant use common sense on everything and sometimes you need to check some stuff.
Just use Malwarebytes and Adwcleaner.
>>54778022
If you run Windows, yeah. Lots of good free ones out there. Try Sophos (free for home use), or just use the built-in MS Defender, it's not as bad as the reviews make it out to be.
Does anyone know how I can access my google drive in gnome 3.18? I can mount it from nautilus, but I can't figure out how to do it from terminal. I just want to be able to cd and work in it from terminal instead of having to drag and drop my work into it.
>>54778002
>>54777874
Shit forgot to mention I have certain parts already such as the storage so I only included a small ssd for the most important stuff and nothing else.
Quite honestly I just wasn't sure if it is worth dishing out a huge amount for a better CPU and how much of a difference it really makes. As for the GPU it is the only thing that I really am not certain about yet. I don't exactly have a budget but if spending $100 more for something that gives a very small performance boost isn't necessary than I'd rather not waste money on that.
Primary focus will just be vidya and besides a good 10-20 tabs being open at all times I don't expect to put the pc under a heavy load.
What's a good secure alternative to Pastebin, that has a decent app on Android?
>>54778082
Anon, you are getting a Z97 motherboard, get a I5-4690K or save and get a Skylake Build.
If you dont wanna overclock get the I5-4590 instead the 4460, you are spending 1k on it anyway.
You should either get a better GPU or wait till GTX 1070 is out.
>>54778106
PS : also with an account where you can keep your pastes
>>54778037
>>54778061
Thinking in buying an Karspersky licence to do my parents justice, they use the internet for some card transactions and they want to think and be secure, I guess.
Sorry for the bad english, I'm really tired.
>>54778140
You could try Malwarebytes Premium, but there is nothing like a clean linux USB for bank related stuff.
>>54778156
I'll try both, thanks for the suggestion, God bless ya.
>>54778140
Meh. Just buy your parents a Chromebook. Probably cheaper than Kaspersky over a, say, 4-year period. Zero maintenance concerns, zero virus concerns...
How do I shop online at what would be essentially "Amazon minus China"? I do plenty of online shopping but cheap Chinese shit (not the good kind) is like 95% of my choices for what I'm trying to shop for currently.
For reference I'm shopping for a soldering station (arms with clamps to hold boards/wires for me), sheet metal for jewelry, a hard mouse pad (plastic/metal/glass itlooks like my only good choise right now is Razer, there has to be something cheaper) and more bits and pieces.
Best mobo for Haswell-e?
Looking for a price up to 400 dollars.
Don't know whether to get 5820K or 5930K as well, someone help me decide.
Going to use it for video/photo editing, GAYMEN, and who knows what else.
Is the Cooler Master Hyper D92 compatible with my P8B75-M LE?
Why do hexa and octo core Intel CPUs shit the bed compared to a hyperthreaded quad core in tasks that don't need more than 4 physical cores? You'd think too many cores would not be a concern. Is it because each core gets less power, so you end up using weaker cores if not all get into play, something to do with communication between a buttload of logical cores, or something else entirely?
Yes, I am a stupid, that's why I'm here.
Heil
>>54779191
Logicalincrements.
ASUS X99-A or GA-X99-SLI.
>>54779202
Yes.
HTML/CSS
Is it finally okay to use custom HTML elements like <green> or is it not natively supported across all major browsers?
Which of these Amp's are better?
Frequency Response: 10 Hz - 100 kHz
SNR: 100 dB
Output: 50 mW
Ear & Headphone Impedance: 16 Ω -150 Ω
Price: 30USD
or
Frequency Response: 20 Hz - 20 kHz
SNR: 105 dB
Output: 200 mW
Ear & Headphone Impedance: 16 Ω -150 Ω
Price: 70USD
Has button to turn Bass off or on
Can change volume on it
>>54779191
5930K will offer better performance in SLI or Crossfire thanks to the extra PCIe lanes. If you don't plan to use multiple video cards then you really don't need a terribly good motherboard, and might even want to consider something other than X99.
>>54779461
>>54779380
Thanks!
recommend me a cheap good monitor to use as a secondary i dont play videogames
I have a PDMI to USB cable that I use for transferring music from my ipod to my stereo unit.
The music bypasses the ipod's internal DAC and instead is transferred to the stereo as a digital bitstream and the stereo DAC is converted to analog instead.
Which line carries that digital music out on the PDMI side and which line would carry it in on the USB side?
Does this bitstream contain any other information or is it just music?
Let's say I want to split this line and run it to another device, I only want the part of the bitstream that is the audio, no metadata information going to the device in question, how to I remove the metadata I don't want and only allow the audio part of the bitstream?
>>54779205
They do not.
There a free alternative to PingPlotter that's similarly featured? The 10min limit on its free version is too low, I want to monitor for 6+ hours.
>>54779772
But... they do.
What is the current types of all intel cpu based on performance in the same generation?
Like i only know these, can you add?
Celeron < Pentium < i3 < i5 < i7
>>54775979
fgts.jp is RIP now, are there any other archivers that scrape /b/?
>>54779205
>each core gets less power, so you end up using weaker cores if not all get into play
Precisely this, yes.
Is there a way to delete streams from an .mkv file without remuxing it?
>>54779873
That's the hierarchy on desktop. Celeron is a dual core chip without SMT (as is Pentium, I believe with more cache or something). i3 is dual-core with SMT. i5 is quad-core without SMT, and finally the i7 is quad-core with SMT (then there's the 2011 chips but those are a different platform and lag behind one step in architecture).
All the mainstream chips use the same cores/architecture so the Celeron and i7 will perform similarly in serial performance, but the higher end chips are obviously way better for multithread.
>>54780090
So there are no other chips in desktops other than the five i listed?
Where do core2duo, core2quad, atom, xeon fit in?
I'm trying to install Viper4android on my nexus 6 but I don't want to root, is this possible? I'm on the latest N preview
>>54780119
The 'Core 2' brand is retired. Xeon does exist, they're quad-core chips with SMT like the i7 but binned with disabled GPUs.
The Atom brand is reserved for some tablet processors nowadays I believe.
>>54780128
>nexus 6
>latest N preview
>preview
>don't want to root
Why did you even buy nexus?
>>54780140
I usually root all my phones, I've just gotten lazy I guess. I'm willing to do it if I can install this on my phone though, my headphones feel too quiet
>>54780136
So xeons and i7 are nearly same except gpu?
What is the price difference?
>>54780170
That's more like it
>>54780172
Can't overclock Xeons without using an ASRock exclusive BIOS hack that defies Intel's wishes because fuck you we're ASRock.
>>54780182
So why dont people buy i7 instead on xeons?
They are nearly same , aren't they?
>>54780172
Xeons are $100 cheaper I think.
They're the same chips but obviously the Xeons have faulty GPUs off the manufacturing line so they're sold for cheaper. They also support ECC memory if you're doing some serious business. There are no unlocked Xeons so they won't be able to reach the single-thread performance of a 6700K either.
>>54777598
sh /Spotify-Adkiller-master/install.sh
>>54780198
So using xeon is better than using locked i7 if one uses discrete gpu?
>>54779772
>>54780065
Could someone else please weigh in here? I'm inclined to believe the latter because that was my theory and lines up with other things I have heard, but I am skeptical since that would imply I actually have some idea of how things work.
>>54780230
Well it's not better, but it's cheaper. If you want a good multithreading chip, the Xeon is better value than an i7.
>>54779444
wELL WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU USING THEM FOR? lIVING ROOM? a RECORDING STUDIO? a BIKE RIDE?
>>54780243
>>54780230
Also watch out for the 1220 Xeon, it's actually not got SMT which is why it's way cheaper. The 1230 is where SMT starts. So the 1220 is essentially like an i5 without an iGPU and more expensive - very very nasty. You would only buy one if you're desperate for ECC memory and some other extensions on a very strict budget (???).
>>54780266
Just sitting at my PC
>>54780276
What headphones are they for? Just get a Schiit stack you pleb.
>>54780243
Like, is there any reason to buy unlocked chips?
Cause the price difference shoots up pretty high.
Also, is overclocking locked chips absolutely impossible? Not even a little bit?
>>54780292
Brainwavz HM5
qUESTION: iS THERE A WAY TO GET AN ANALOG SIGNAL OUT OF A BOARD WITH AT BEST DVI-D. tHE REASON i'M ASKING IS BECAUSE i HAVE A huge ASS tv, AND i WANT TO PUT IT TO GOOD USE AND WATCH SOME PIRATED MOVIES OVER THE INTERNET. wHAT CAN i DO?
These speeds for my Kingston DataTraveler G4 8GB USB3 seem kind of shit.
Are they to be expected? It's plugged into a USB3 port.
>>54780312
A S R O C K
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>>54780312
>Also, is overclocking locked chips absolutely impossible? Not even a little bit?
There are some workarounds with specific motherboard revision and BIOS version combinations for some Skylake chips, but it's a fool's gamble. Intel have been cracking down on the motherboard manufacturers and they've been sneaking microcode updates straight to the CPU via their bumchums Microsoft.
Buying an unlocked chip is worth it for games I'd say, you'll get more longevity out of your CPU in that scenario. But for most other reasons I'd say no, and for pure value, the answer is still no. The best value gaming chip from Intel right now is the i5-6500 which is locked. Unless you have a flexible budget, an i5-6600K isn't worth the premium over an i5-6500. For that money you can get a better GPU or something else.
Does someone have the /g/ guide to RAM? Am I imagining that existing? I swear I saw it once.
>>54780315
Lel, you don't need an amp for those pieces of junk. Get some real headphones first before you think about amplifiers.
>>54780345
I asked why my headphones sounded better on my phone than in my PC, and I was told I needed an Amp.
>>54780354
You must have some really bad onboard audio. Those headphones don't need an amp, but what will go a long way is a cheap soundcard like a Xonar DG. No need to spend $100+ on an amp when that will fix your problems right up.
Look for a used one on ebay, and make sure you get the version that'll fit your PC (DG is PCI, DGX is PCIe).
Get the cheap one in the size you need that fits your board. RAM is RAM, except Mushkin which as far as I can tell is 50% RAM 50% graham crackers.
Recently someone tried to steal my external hard drive full of my work shit. What's stopping me from installing a bunch of razorblades onto the sides of my external hard drive and applying a very clear warning label to deter theft?
>>54780331
I think there is some problem .
I have a sandisk 16 gb usb 2.0 otg drive.
With read speed 25 MB/s and write 15 MB/s
Yours should definitely be higher.
>>54780338
Local autist >>54780377 can't perform basic imageboard functions. I'm sure this makes me look like a particularly competent advisor.
>>54780367
>and make sure you get the version that'll fit your PC (DG is PCI, DGX is PCIe)
Just to make sure I don't fuck up. How do I tell if I need the PCI or PCIe?
can i play WoW on linux? Is it slower?
>>54780316
What are the inputs the tv has?
What are the outputs the mobo has?
Please don't shout.
why has cpu integer performance increased so marginally in the past 8 years or so compared to floating point performance
>>54780388
Just delete your old post and resubmit a revised one. If anyone quotes it during the time it takes to do this, they're the one that looks retarded
>>54780333
That's not a long term solution.
>>54780367
>>54780392
Found this in Speccy, seems like PCIe would be the best option?
>>54780410
I refuse to bury my shame, it's the only emotion I have left.
>>54780379
Nothing
>>54780379
OSHA probably wouldn't like it.
>>54780392
Look inside your PC and see what slots you have available son.
>>54780417
Yep, if you have PCIe slots available it's best to go for that version because PCI slots are going the way of the dodo and very few new motherboards have them.
>>54780336
What do we gain from microcode updates?are they any useful?
How does intel disable features on a chip?like they do it on a software or...
Are the locked and unlocked chips actually same except unlocked multiplier?
>>54780432
Thanks man, buying it straight away.
>>54780447
>What do we gain from microcode updates?are they any useful?
They often fix bugs, but they can be easily used for malicious purposes like disabling non-K overclocking in this case.
>Are the locked and unlocked chips actually same except unlocked multiplier?
Yes, physically identical. The unlocked chips are higher binnings however, so they do command a bit of a premium. The locked chips, if they were unlocked, wouldn't be able to overclock as high as the current unlocked chips for example.
>What do we gain from microcode updates?are they any useful?
There's areas on the chip that can be written to. I don't know the ins and outs but that's what it boils down to. Think of microcode updates like editing the CPU's firmware or something like that.
>>54780470
Oops, meant to address your second question with my third answer.
>How does intel disable features on a chip?like they do it on a software or...
>>54780470
What does higher binning mean?
>>54780385
any idea what might be up?
>>54780481
>>54780470
Fuck I'm dumb, I misread the question.
If you're asking how they bin the chips and disable cores/GPUs and all that stuff, they basically fuse them off with special micro tools after the die is cut from the wafer and tested. If there's a quad-core chip with poor max clockspeed and a faulty GPU, they kill the GPU and bin the chip as a Xeon instead of an i7.
>>54780494
Silicon lottery. When using lithography to produce such complex microscopic devices, not all the chips will come out the same. Some will be able to reach higher clocks or lower voltages or some combination of the two. The more successful chips are "binned" higher (e.g., sold as an i5-6600K instead of an i5-6400) and sold at a premium.
>>54780470
Also, i meant to ask you.
Are microcode updates received by windows update chip specific?
Like someone is on win7 with pentium d and someone is on win7 with i7 6xxx and they scan for updates, do their updates differ?
Also are microcode updates os specific?
>>54780518
>Are microcode updates received by windows update chip specific?
>Like someone is on win7 with pentium d and someone is on win7 with i7 6xxx and they scan for updates, do their updates differ?
Yes.
>Also are microcode updates os specific?
Well no, but if you're running Linux I don't believe you'll be stung by a silent microcode update. You can download microcode manually from Intel's website if you need to.
On Windows, there's no guarantees. Intel have pushed microcode updates silently through Windows Update before, and you won't know you've had your chip crippled until it's too late (microcode is irreversible).
With that being said, there's nothing to worry about unless you were trying to do non-K overclocking on Skylake. If you weren't, the only microcode updates you would ever come across would be bug fixes.
>>54780500
Turn off all programs that might be accessing usb drive.
Turn off drive indexing.
Run the test again and post results.
Are you on desktop or laptop?Is intel usb 3.0 host controller/driver installed?
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/T7VmPs
Im trying not to go too much farther overr in pricing, but how does this build look, and if shit what changes need to be made?
>>54780594
Change the ASRock motherboard for a good one.
Get a EVGA 650 G1 for that price instead.
And dont buy PNY SSDs, too unreliable, get a 850 EVO.
>>54780508
So intel makes only simple chips.
Worst go to celeron and best to i7 right?
>>54780594
You don't need a CPU cooler, the stock one will sound fine with a locked Skylake chip.
Unless you need some slots or connectivity/features which that motherboard provides, you can go cheaper. H170 isn't the lowest end Skylake chipset.
Personal preference I guess but that case is fugly, the Corsair 100R would be much nicer.
For the RAM, you might get cheaper with a stick of Kingston ValueRAM (it's still 2133 stuff).
>>54780615
And what this guy said, I'm pretty sure most EVGA units are rebadged Seasonics anyway.
>>54780630
meant to reply to
>>54780611
>>54780594
That SSD is a bit of a gamble, but 3 year warranty should cover you.
Switch to a fully modular PSU, EVGA should have some golds in your price range.
Change out the PSU and I could see myself buying it if the budget was tight. 6500 is the best CPU you could have possibly chosen here, you clearly have a handle on things.
>>54780630
>skylake
>stock CPU cooler
Anon please.
>>54780552
What do you mean silent microcode update?Is it different as to how a window security update is given?
Microcode update is irreversible? Wtf
I thought they are loaded on each reboot by the os?
My asus 945gz mobo even had a setting in bios to disable microcode update
>>54780648
Skylake locked CPUs come with a HSF, unlocked ones dont come with them.
>>54780648
>implying the stock hsf won't be fine for a 6500
stop with the memes. And if anon is going to get an aftermarket cooler anyway, he should grab a 212 or one of its clones/competitors and not that overpriced monstrosity he picked.
>>54780650
>What do you mean silent microcode update?Is it different as to how a window security update is given?
Like, you won't know it hit you. It won't appear in the Windows Update list and let you hide/block it. Basically if you're trying to avoid a specific microcode update (such as one disabling non-K overclocking on your Skylake chip) you'd have to know Intel were sending it out in advance, and you'd have to go offline or stop using Windows to avoid it.
>Microcode update is irreversible? Wtf
Well, I think Intel could reverse it if they wanted to. But there's no way for you to edit the microcode yourself afaik.
>I thought they are loaded on each reboot by the os?
I don't think microcode has anything to do with the os.
>My asus 945gz mobo even had a setting in bios to disable microcode update
That'd be handy in this day and age.
Is this the correct way to set up win 7 after clean install?
Win7sp1 iso clean install>april 2016 servicing update>convinience rollup> device drivers.
>>54780723
This is the first im hearing of this shit.
Are there any other silent things that windows does like these?
Will the 1070 be faster than a 980ti?
i have a raspberry pi set up to a screen right next to me and i can ssh into it it has a vnc server started so i can connect to that and whatever else. How can I connect to the raspberry pi in such a way that I am on the active session of when the machine is first turned on, to be able to run and display things to that screen? I'm kind of finding it hard to google things for it
>>54780793
No.
What would be a good OS for this laptop? Something that wont lag its babby cpu when watching netflix or having more than one tab open in a web browser. I've tried ubuntu and it sucks.
What's a good Youtube channel I could watch to learn more about computers, assuming I know basically fuck all?
>>54780930
Ubuntu MATE / Xubuntu / Lubuntu
So I'm looking at the i3 6100.
The plan is to build a mini PC with a mini itx motherboard. Are the integrated graphics on this good enough to convert videos? That's literally the only intensive task I can think of. No content will be played on it past 1080p movies.
I'm just wondering if I should grab a GPU just for that aspect.
>>54780930
>Something that wont lag its babby cpu when watching netflix or having more than one tab open in a web browser.
That would be nothing, then. But your best bet is a distro with a lightweight DE like Xfce or MATE, or even just a window manager like i3wm or Awesome.
I'd recommend the appropriate Fedora spin.
I have an old laptop(not too old, only about 10 years) and it doesnt support booting from USB. Is there a way I can make him do it?
I'm really not feeling like buying disks and looking for my optical drive.
>>54780983
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pIFIHcg8y0
You'll be fine.
>>54781018
>Is there a way I can make him do it?
If it doesn't support it, it doesn't support it. But it's weird if it doesn't.
Have you tried different USB ports ? Different USB drives ?
If nothing still, you can find out if it supports PXE. Doubtful unless it has an Intel NIC, but it's worth finding out if it's supported at least.
>>54781041
Cool, thanks my man
Another question, I plan to put 8gb of RAM on that. 2x4 or 1x8? I don't think there will be a need to upgrade that thing.
>>54781064
Why not take advantage of dual channel? You probably won't see any benefit but it's not like RAM is a huge investment anyways.
>>54781064
You won't see a difference either way, so whatever is cheapest. Probably 1x8GB
does wifi in lubuntu work out of the box?
>>54780585
no programs would be accessing it. indexing is off on all drives.
it's a T430s with Windows 10. i can't seem to find a download for the host controller/driver for win10 so I assumed it's built in and working
how can i test?
Need a gaymen/streamen build critique here. >>>/v/ I know, but they're all as clueless as me.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/b6Tp9W
R9 390 is a 1080p holdover until 1080Ti SLI or Vega something or another Crossfire, then I'm giving it to a friend. I could probably get away with an R9 380 but I think he'd rather I splurge since he doesn't have a lot of disposable income.
Reusing the (Purchased) parts so obviously not looking to replace them without a good reason.
>wait for X
Not an option.
>>54781257
>fix my build
>just don't change this or this or this or this
It's fine I guess. Maybe get a better HSF since you plan to install two housefires and Skylake runs a little warm anyways. Pick up some case fans with the new GPUs too.
>>54779687
please respond
>>54781346
You gave us no details about your space or connectivity requirements. We have a vague understanding of your budget 'cheap but good' and use 'not video games'. Now you come in here and bump? Fuck you. AOC E2425SWD. If you don't love it squirt lemon juice down your dickhole.
>>54781128
If there is a driver available for your wifi adapter then yes.
Check it by booting from a live usb
>>54780964
It really depends on what you want to learn. There are enough guides for assembling PC's and enough tutorials for software. Code academy is a nice place to start for programming. But computers as a subject is too broad term to just boil down to a single series of videos. Focus on what you want to do/learn first and tackle it one subject at a time.
What's the write endurance like on modern microSD cards?
I hope to throw a 256GB card into an old phone and use it as a torrent box (I'll be downloading a ton of bluray remuxes so I could be doing about 100GB worth of writes per day), will it handle it?
>>54780432
remember AGP?
>>54781409
remember ISA?
>>54781421
remember you cumming of of my testicle? :^)
Why is /ptg/ allowed at /g/?
:^/
So if I used Amazon's AWS for my VPN needs and I used it for one hour max do I pay only $0.0065 for that hour? What's the catch? Am I missing something?
>>54781471
because mods are faggots that don't want to make proper moderation.
Because of that we need to contains retards on the same threads so they doesn't shitpost somewhere else.
Last issue are the windows faggots and /v/ faggots that comes to talk about GPU since they don't know shit about the subject.
>>54780793
probably not. It's mostly shilling from nvidia fanboys. Seeing the performances of the 1080 right now...
Would a sata data spiltter harm hard drive speeds at all?
Can you use cable adapters in series? Being the cheap fuck I am I found two adapters at a fraction of the price of a single adapter. Basically what I need to know is can I take a vga cable, attach a vga->dvi adapter and then to this attach a dvi->hdmi adapter. Reason for this workaround is that my laptop only has hdmi and usb ports
>>54781621
what
>>54781471
yeah it should be at /wsg/ or /b/
>>54781373
thanks
Is there any way to split up m,y HDMI output so that the video goes to my screen while the audio goes to a set of speaker? else everything comes out of my shitty monitor speakers.
