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Few questions. I am a music producer among other sound shit on PC (pre-built) I don't know much about hardware.
I have an i7 and 8gb RAM. It only gives me about 15 tracks before I start getting heavy lag, surely I should be expecting at least 20 to 30 right?
If I go for 16gb, will this fix this issue, or would it be something else?
I'm considering taking all my parts out and getting a new case so I can install some firewire ports and such. But I have no experience with any of this and need help.
Thanks /g/
>>53461406
bump please
what are these tracks you're running
>>53461637
audio?? I'm not sure what more you are asking for.
I try to bounce everything into .wav's when things start running slow but even so I need to run things digital all the time.
That'll be GNU plus Linux.
I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/LInux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
>>53461298
So you're saying the pizza's free? thanks anon
>>53461298
but i use Hurd
/fag/ friendly apple general
ITT we discuss all things apple and apple technology.
Anyone keen for that new iPhone about to be released?
No 3.5mm Jack on the new iPhone 7? No worries, just get an adapter!
Is iPhone 5s still the most aesthetically pleasing iPhone released? You tell me!
Get in here fa/g/g/ots!
First
Is the 5se coming soon fämälämäs?
>>53461264
Soon brutha, soon.
I just bought a new rig. Rate my build please.
Case = NZXT S340 Mid Tower Case ($69.95)
>http://www.amazon.com/NZXT-S340-Tower-CA-S340W-W1-White/dp/B00NGMIBXC/ref=zg_bs_572238_41
Motherboard = ASUS Z170-PRO ($194.99)
>http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Z170-PRO-ATX-DDR4-Motherboards/dp/B016A44XHK/ref=zg_bs_1048424_96
CPU = Core I5-6600K 3.50 GHz ($244.99)
>http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Boxed-I5-6600K-Processor-BX80662I56600K/dp/B012M8M7TY/ref=lp_229189_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1457848874&sr=1-2
Memory = Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR4 ($79.99)
>http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-Ballistix-PC4-19200-BLS2K8G4D240FSA-BLS2C8G4D240FSA/dp/B00MTSWFMM/ref=sr_1_35?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1457849083&sr=1-35
Local Disk (C:) = Samsung 950 PRO -Series 256GB PCIe NVMe - M.2 Internal SSD ($181.99)
>http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-950-256GB-PCIe-NVMe/dp/B015SOI392/ref=sr_1_17?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1457849197&sr=1-17
CPU cooler = Thermaltake Water 3.0 Extreme S 240mm AIO Liquid Cooling System ($79.00)
>http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-Extreme-Liquid-Cooling-CLW0224-B/dp/B00O08FWTM/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1457849636&sr=1-4&refinements=p_89%3AThermaltake
Graphics cards x2 = Sapphire Radeon NITRO R7 370 4GB GDDR5 in Crossfire ($156.14 x 2 = $312.28)
>http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Radeon-Version-Graphics-11240-04-20G/dp/B00ZGL8AVO/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1457849754&sr=1-2&keywords=r9+370
Keyboard = Qisan Gaming Keyboard Mechanical Wired Keyboard Cherry MX Green Switch ($89.98)
>http://www.amazon.com/Qisan-Mechanical-Backlight-Cable-White-Magicforce/dp/B01AXM7U9I/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1457849990&sr=1-2&keywords=cherry+mx+greens
Total $1253.17
>>53460873
>R7 370 x2
Tell me you are not serious.
>Not getting a NH-D15
>370 Crossfire
>Shitty no-name mechanical keyboard
>No HDD for storage of media (games, movies, music, photos, etc)
Christ anon, wtf are you doing?
>>53460889
http://lanoc.org/review/video-cards/7120-amd-r7-370-crossfire-testing?showall=&start=1
>12GB data a month
>$60 Ausfailian Unicycle Dollarididgeridoos
>No DSL available
>Local exchange is beyond outdated designed to service at most 4000 premises in an area with now almost 7000 people
>On the coast, 10 minutes drive from Blunderberg
>No NBN in sight, even if it is Turnbull's FTTN (Fuck The Turnbull Network) mess
Just having a cup of tea on a lazy Sunday afternoon here wondering how's things elsewhere.
>>53460664
I'm the luckiest fuck in my area.
>local dsl has so nearly no spots
>antiquated exchange and copper barely does telephone calls anymore
>my suburb is like seven kilometers from the exchange
>they rolled out cable down my street (of only a handful)
>we get cable internet
>200 beegees of internet
>bretty fast
>can upgrade to 100Mb/s for an extra 10$ a month
>the highest speed that a relative around the corner from me gets is 1Mb/s@ystad:~$ speedtest-cli
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Testing from Telstra Internet ( . . . )...
Selecting best server based on latency...
Hosted by Telstra (Adelaide) [7.40 km]: 28.995 ms
Testing download speed........................................
Download: 33.52 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed..................................................
Upload: 1.13 Mbit/s
>>53460664
500GB cap Telstra upgraded for free to 1000GB (Promotion thing they did a while back for certain customers).
ADSL2+ 900M from nearest exchange as the crow flies, estimated copper line length at 1KM.
15Mbps down, 1Mbps up.
No NBN insight until 2018 but moving in 6 months to an area that already has NBN up and running how ever it's FFTN so 50Mbps. Premises with FFTP are too fucking expensive and in areas that don't help me.
Been a Telstra customer for nearly a decade so have multiple discounts stacked on my bill so pay nearly half of what others do, Telstra also fucked up big time with my mobile bill so as a sorry I have 30GB data cap on 4G that won't end unless I re0new my contract/plan.
So not so bad.
fucking isp i get 20mbs when i paid for 100mbs
Ask your questions and post experiences using the best Linux distro in history.
>>53460654
DESIGNATED
>>53460654
>she will never use your face as a designated shitting street
jdimsa
>>53460654
>get a new laptop
>grab my live usb
>boot it up
>realise it's ubuntu
>oops wrong one
>grab my antergos live usb
so far my experience using the best linux distro in history has been pretty good
http://idlewords.com/talks/website_obesity.htm
>This is a screenshot from an NPR article discussing the rising use of ad blockers. The page is 12 megabytes in size in a stock web browser.
>The same article with basic ad blocking turned on is one megabyte. It’s no model of parsimony, but still, what a difference a plugin makes.
>If you look at what the unblocked version pulls in, it’s not just videos and banner ads, but file after file of javascript. Every beacon, tracker and sharing button has its own collection of scripts that it needs to fetch from a third-party server. Each request comes packed with cookies.
>More cookies are the last thing your overweight website needs.
>These scripts get served from God knows where and are the perfect vector for malware.
>Advertisers will tell you it has to be this way, but in dealing with advertisers you must remember they are professional liars.
>I don’t mean this to offend. I mean it as a job description. An advertiser's job is to convince you to do stuff you would not otherwise do. Their task in talking to web designers is to persuade them that the only way to show ads is by including mountains of third-party cruft and tracking.
>The bloat, performance, and security awfulness, they argue, is the price readers pay for free content.
>In fact, let's be even bolder in our thinking. I'm not convinced that online publishing needs to be ad-supported at all.
>People dismiss micropayments, ignoring the fact that we already have a de facto system of micropayments that is working well.
>This chart from the New York Times shows how much money you spend per page load on an American cell phone network, based on the bandwidth used. For example, it costs thirty cents to load a page from Boston.com on a typical data plan.
>This is nothing more than a micropayment to the telecommunications company. And I'm sure it's more revenue than Boston.com sees from the ad impressions on the page.
>We're in a stupid situation where ads make huge profits for data carriers and ad networks, at the expense of everyone else.
>>53460087
100% agreed. That's why I use adblockers and edit my hosts file. Fuck ads.
Is that bit about the 12mb going 1mb after adblock is turned on true?
I have a shitty data cap is why I'm asking.
Why aren't you running Gentoo?
Because I want a usable computer, not a useless OS that enlarges my e-peen.
>>53459771
Proc is too weak. The selling point of gentoo is recompiling often, right? That's difficult on a gen 1 core i5. I run arch instead for binary packages with similar customization.
>>53459771
Why would you when you can run Arch?
what is the best email service?
>>53459647
https://tutanota.com/
All you need to sign up is your choice of an addr and a password
cock.li desu senpai
SendGrid.
Oh, you meant as a plebian consumer of email not a sender? Can't help you there, senpai.
I once had someone on /g/ tell me that arctic silver 5 is "deprecated."
Was he full of shit, or is there a better thermal compound now? It's been ages since I've built a computer, so I'd like to be in the know before I make the jump.
Noctua stuff is better. Arctic is still pretty good though.
It's still just as good as ever, there's just better stuff out now.
Get a dollar tube off eBay for best value and results
>>53459585
Isn't all thermal compound just silver lithium grease?
great thread you have there
great thread
>>53459549
>tranny
>chink
>pajeet
I don't see anything odd.
6 pin pci-express power cable - 75 watts
8 pin pci-express power cable - 150 watts
pci-express 16x slot - 75 watts
>reference 980
2x 6 pin pci-express power cables = 150 watts of power
pci-express 16x slot = 75 watts of power
total power = 225 watts
if a single 8 pin pci-express slot provides 150 watts of power why use 2x 6 pins instead of a single 8 pin?
>>53459465
Have you ever made a graphics card?
>>53459494
so why is using 2x 6 pin pci-express cables that provide a total of 150 watts of power better than using a single 8 pin pci-express cable that provides 150 watts of power?
>>53459465
>6 pin pci-express power cable - 75 watts
>8 pin pci-express power cable - 150 watts
I've never understood this.
The two extra pins on the 8p version are just grounds.
>expensive
>perform the same as fans that cost half as much
>poo colored
>""""""R&D"""""" costs built into the price are actually the cost of viral marketing and paying shills to shill them on rebbit and /g/
why does /g/ defend this?
>>53459113
The Hyper 212 Evo are meme fans as well but they're well-priced and perform well.
>>53459113
Still wondering why people buy these brown fans anyway?
>>53459139
Yeah, like you said though, they're priced properly, effective, and don't look like an abortion coming out of a woman's infected asshole. They aren't really a meme so much as they are just commonplace.
Noctua is a /r/australia-tier meme
is this thing good or not
>>53458813
it's ok
>>53458818
vs win 10
>>53458891
It's better by some margin. If you install a tiling window manager and treat it as a riced Linux install it can be a very good desktop OS thanks to its software catalog.
Just how important are surge protectors?
Moved into a new room that got completely new rewiring and they installed an 8 socket wall outlet.
The temptation of not having a long dildo hanging out won't leave me alone but I don't want to blow my PC either
My old PC CRT monitor fucked up without one. When you get light flickers, those surge protectors usually stop the brief gaps in electricity.
I think anything with a good power supply or connected with a power brick is fine to plug into the wall.
>>53458730
>surge protectors
Just spend a few extra bucks and get an UPS.
Surge protectors are placebo consumer fear mongering lies.
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