/sqt/ - stupid questions thread

Have Windows 10 installed and the Photos viewer is garbage that takes 15 to 20 seconds to open a single image. Can somebody recommend me something better that's lightweight and fast for opening & viewing images/gifs, maybe webms too but that's not as important.

I'm trying to load the cue file info into the flac file on foobar but when I do utilities>load it just loads all the tracks and gives it the same name

whats the best way to keep monitor/TV screens clean? ive tried all sorts of random sprays and cloths from retail stores but they all unsurprisingly sucked

what's the cleanest way to merge a bunch of jpeg files as "pages" in a pdf? Would imagemagick work? I can't seem to figure it out. The free online tools are ok but add a ton of compression.

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>>57905764

Where does precision come from?

I mean, consider a milling machine. Everything on it operates along very precise parameters. Where does that precision come from?

How do you go from being able to smelt ore and cast steel to being able to produce precise technology?

(You only said the question had to be simple, not the answer)

>>57905764
How do you apply thermal paste? I used to spread it but this video really made me think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hNgFNH7zhQ

>>57905764
Kek,that scene was awesome.

What's a good alternative to Gmail?

I have an fx 6300 @4.2ghz and a GTX 770

Would it be unreasonable to upgrade to an RX 480 for gaming due to my CPU?

When a monitor is described a "x" inches, is that from end to end or from opposite corners.

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which is the fastest of these

>>57905764
does anyone know of a multi usb port switch with a 3-5ft cable? my tower is in an awkward spot and i want to be able to plug multiple usb devices in to one port, and switch which one the pc is connected to. all the ones ive been finding on amazon have < 12" cords.

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Bought a Western Digital, (Black,) WD2003FZEX hard drive and it's alarmingly loud when reading/writing, (which happens almost constantly with the programs I use.)
It doesn't make any clicking or ticking sounds or anything, but it makes a very loud "grinding" sound when reading/writing. Is this normal?

I don't know much about HDDs but they scare the shit out of me because I have lots of important stuff that I don't want to lose, so I'm always backing up my shit and getting paranoid about my hard drive's health.
The noise is definitely worrying, but if it's normal for certain hard drives to be loud while reading/writing, then I won't worry about it. Unless of course the frequency with which my computer does so is a different problem entirely.

>>57906992
blacks are loud
you should know that
maybe if you shake your PC while your hard drive spins it gets scared and shut ups

>>57906992
my 10 year old seagate does this
let me tell you: you wont get used to it
better replace it while you still can

>>57906019
It comes from arbitrary and contrived, yet useful, units of measurement. Humanity figured out long ago that it's easier to make something when all of the parts actually fit together...

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>>57906703
would barely make a difference.
upgrading to FX-8000 series CPU like fx-8320 or fx-8350 would make a bigger difference

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Will you realistically notice a difference between the 2011/2012 35W Notebook CPUs and the recent Skylake/Kaby Lake ULV CPUs?

They have lower wattage, but are also newer.

I have no problem with my i7-3520M, I just don't want it to become SLOWER when I buy a new notebook...

are there 4k monitors that can do 1080p/lower resolutions in general at 120 hz?

>>57907049
>you wont get used to it
What? The noise doesn't actually bother me, I just want to know if my hard drive is normal damaged or if it's normal.

>>57907223
Meant
>if my hard drive is damaged or if it's normal.

>>57907223
it will bother you at some point, im sure.

>>57907223

Run CrystalDiskInfo

>>57905764
I'm running Windows 8.1 and it seems that everyday that I don't turn on my computer it will turn itself on at exactly 12:15am. Its done this 3 times already. I have automatic updates disabled so I don't know whats causing this problem.

Why can I typecast in java?

>>57907237
The only thing that bothers me is problems with my hardware. If it's not a problem, it doesn't bother me.

>>57907268
I'll look into it, thanks.

>>57905946
Honeyview. It will take some customization to make it look and control exactly how you want it to, but it's definitely worth it.

>>57905977
I use a microfiber cloth with a few drops of water when necessary, best that I've found.

>>57905986
http://www.howtogeek.com/248462/how-to-combine-images-into-one-pdf-file-in-windows/

>>57906561
Depends on the criteria you have. There are tons of email domains out there. Hotmail and Yahoo are two others that are popular and free.

>>57906804
Monitors are measured diagonally. They also include more than just the screen space, so the screen is usually an inch or two less than the size.

Anyone know of a CLI utility like nethogs that doesn't continually reset?

I'd like something that measures bandwidth by program, over time. Nethogs resets every twenty seconds or so. I'd like to check cumulative usage by program every hour or so.

I can't log out of icloud on my first generation ipad. every time I try it asks me for the password to my old email which I don't remember. yes I updated

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>>57907268
Well this is the result. Is there anything worrying about it?

The price for i5 and i7 will drop in the future?

>>57907637
no

>>57907475
The gmail anon here

I'd like to use the most botnet free e-mail service, as that is why I want off Google's ride.

>>57907660
Gmail is more transparent and secure than the other major email providers, so if you want to opt-out of all bot-net, you'll need to find a smaller one or set up your own.

https://prism-break.org/en/subcategories/windows-email-accounts/

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What should I use to compile C++ and C?

>>57907736
bloodshed

>>57907698
It's not about security, I don't fucking trust Google with any of my info, this is why I'm also still using Mozilla and don't want to even install Chrome on my PC, and only use duckduckgo for searches.

Gigabyte Radeon Rx 480 G1 Gaming 8GB
VS
zotac 1060mini

they cost the same but the 480 has 2gb more vram but i think the 1060 is about 10% faster.
Also what overclocking potential am i looking at? Assuming both are overclocked, which is faster then?

are there no 144hz IPS monitors with gsync at 1080p? i've only found one but it has 1440p display which i don't want

>>57907894
>having a 144 Hz monitor
>wanting GSync
whats the point.
besides, doesnt gsync and freesync have more displaylag if you operate above 50 fps ?

>>57907913
really?!

>>57907647
not him but wouldn't Zen cause price drops, if it's good enough to challenge intel's high end chips?

>>57907946
it's intel. they wouldnt ever lower the prices because they know people will buy no matter what.

>>57907966
>no matter what
If Zen is cheaper and has comparable IPC to i5s and i7s for a change, people could hop on AMD.

But then I heard Zen would cost like $499 or so, I don't think AMD wants a price war.

>>57907966
good ol monopoly !
its like nvidia, they dont even target AMD users anymore because they know their market share is big enough for them to only advertise to their loyal customers
theres a reason they always do comparisons with their own products *cough*and probably gimp old cards*cough*

>>57908007
>probably gimp old cards
has anyone ever proved that? Because every time anyone said "Nvidia gimps old cards", I remember it was some bullshit comparison like trying to compare different patched versions of a game or so

>>57907867
i should add that the 1060 has 6gb vram

Stuck on a netbook with XP for a while(Yeah, XP, can't touch it, not mine)
Intel Atom N280 1.66Ghz
1GB RAM
Mobile Intel 945 Express Chipset Family
I'll mostly use it to watch stuff with friends on Rabb.it, but with XP the audio is crackling too much.
What's a decent linux distro i can boot from a 2GB USB stick that will allow me to use rabb.it decently?
I tried a PuppyLinux one a friend gave me, but it said it missed plugins and stuff when i tried going on rabb.it and trying to fix it was a failure

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I foound a couple of old components of an old PC from 2005 I had. 1gb ram, 2gb ram and an 80gb hdd. Will there be a problem if I put them in my current computer?

>>57905764
Will an i5 6600k bottleneck a gtx 1070 for gaming?

>>57908164
obviously not

I know this is probably pointless, but is there any way to download a YouTube video (that someone else made) set to private?

So I own an acer aspire v15 laptop and I have the "black screen of death". The laptop's charging light lights up whenever the AC adapter is plugged in, and when I press the power button the blue power light turns on and the backlit keys light up but my screen remains black. I'm not sure how to fix this and the acer website was no help at all. So far I have tried almost everything I can think of but any help is appreciated.

>>57907799
I switch from Gmail to ProtonMail. If they are what they say they are, then it seems like a solid email provider. Secure, anonymous, no advertising.

Looking for any alternatives for Private Message Box App for android kitkat 4.4

Private Message Box App: Hide SMS is shite.

>>57907107
You might not be able to differentiate in a blind test. However, you will get better battery life, raw cpu power (architecture improvements), better onboard graphics, and more hardware encode/decode.

I've been trying to learn about how, where, and why things are located in Ubuntu. Are there any good beginners texts on how to understand and navigate the GNU/Linux system?

Can I get a recommendation on a good beginner-level book for learning java?

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>>57905764
So a part of a java program that I'm doing is doing the square footage of a wall

so far I have:

System.out.print("enter length");
     double length = in.nextDouble();
     System.out.print("enter width");
     double width = in.nextDouble();

double wallCalculation = length * width;

how would I do this so that the user can choose how many walls he wants to calculate?

so if the user types in '10', it loops 10 times and shows the total square footage for all 10 walls together.

I tried using a do while loop, but I can't seem to get it right. I can't figure out how to add up each calculation from each pass and store it into one variable.

please help guys I really need it ;_;

Why is Intel so much ahead of AMD to the point they have a monopoly of high end CPus?

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THIS IS TOO FUCKING LOUD!!!

CLICK, CLICK, CLICK, CLICK, CLICK!

Is it ever going to stop? I have to turn off my PC before bed now.

>>57906019
its full of tricks that make it approximate precision and then one really sensitive adjustable part for the technician to dial it in. ever used one of those machines? it takes precise adjustments to actually achieve near precision.

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>>57908655
looks like I finally got something to work senpaitachi

int x = 0;
   System.out.println("how many windows");
   int windows = in.nextInt();
   do {
     
     System.out.print("enter length");
     double userLength = in.nextDouble();
     System.out.print("enter width");
     double userWidth = in.nextDouble();
     
    // sum += userwindows;
     
     calculation = userLength * userWidth;
     totalCoverage += calculation; 
     
     System.out.println(calculation);
     
     x++;
     
     
   }while( x < windows);

aside from my retarded variable names, is there anything wrong with this?

>>57908825
I decided to do the windows for this example

what's the best fork of firefox/version of firefox that is lightest on system resources while still being very good i need a light browser but want muh tree style tabs ;_;

>>57905764
What is a good program to resync audio tracks on video? I already use MeGUI to convert the framerate, but sometimes I get both a progressive and a fixed delay, and I have to cut the whole audio in 2 or 3 chunks, resync them one by one and put them back together... Right now I use a combination of avidemux (cut them, save them) and mkvmerge (put them back together) are there any other solutions? Which program do the people who release this sort of content "professionally" use?

>>57908305
anybody?

>>57908305
No POST or LED blinking?

>>57909010
ffmpeg is the core program the gui's are commanding.

>>57909330
No POST at all just a complete blank screen. The LED that turns on when the laptop is charging is on when the charging cord is plugged in, and the LED that is on when the laptop is supposed to be on is also on.

What's the easiest way to find out for sure whether I had any black ancestors?

Would getting my DNA sequenced allow me to verify this?

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are brown switches really that bad, i was looking into getting a nice looking keyboard but it has brown switches. I only game occasionally, but i do A LOT of typing

>>57909384
Dont do that. You are willingly giving the government your sequenced genome for its private database of citizens.

Use ancestory

>>57909408
I tried browns, they were just a mushy red,it felt aweful.
I dont game but i love reds for typing.

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any dvr recommendations for streaming from sling (or similar)

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>>57909453
would you be able to recommend a keyboard? Pic related is aesthetically really pleasing to me, but i don't want to get it if browns are super shitty

>>57906916
Get one that takes a standard USB A to B cable, then just buy a cable as long as you want

>>57907310
Probably an Auto On setting in the bios

>>57908120
Lubuntu might work

>>57908150
ram sticks have to be the same type/speed very unlikely they will work

as long as the hard drive uses the SATA interface it should work just fine

>>57908966
Windows or Linux? Iceweasel is lighter on resources I believe

>>57909380
Could be bad ram. Is the memory removable?

so i got an old PC from my dad when he upgraded
https://www.cnet.com/products/dell-dimension-4500-p4-2-26-ghz-256-mb-40-gb-crt-19-with-lexmark-z35/specs/
and i was looking into getting it a small graphics card because >no hdmi
so i was just wondering if i could get any card or would the CPU or bus speed keep me from having a compatible card?

>>57909761
That system is plain garbage man, you probably wouldn't be able to watch youtube or anything you'd want hdmi out for anyway. It might not even have the pci express slot to install a new card into

>>57909800
Ok really basic pc for simple web browsing and office type stuff but that thing is so old it just cannot do much else

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Is there an updated mouse list?

>>57909800
ive used a graphics card on it before and it works better than my current laptop.
i just need to know if i should watch what GPU i get for it

>>57909749
not on the laptop I have, no.

I'm fucked aren't I?

>>57909826
Are you sure that system you have linked is the right one then? Pentium 4 that maxes out at 1GB RAM???

>>57909840
Ram is always the first suspect whenever I come across a machine that just won't boot like that, so maybe.... This is going to sound stupid but have you plugged it into an external display to see if that does anything?

>>57909882
updated my bios how do i reinstall windows 10. i tried to and it isnt working corectly

>>57909732
iceweasel is just firefox with the badges pried off

trying to get wifi on ubuntu (I know, babbys first linux)

how can i get the firmware for my router (att, model 5268AC by Pace Plc) onto a usb to then get it into ubuntu so it may detect my wireless network? I dont have access to ethernet at this moment but windows has no problem connecting - its simply a matter of getting the drivers into ubuntu

>>57909849
not for sure because i dont have it with me right now but now that you mention it im pretty sure the one i have has 4 slots for ram.

idk any of the specs of the one i have off the top of my head i just remembered what the case looks like

>>57909900
heres my mosterboard http://www.vuugo.com/computer-hardware/computer-parts/motherboard/gigabyte-motherboards-GA-970A-UD3P.html?tracking=5108053939762

>>57909904
you need the drivers for your wireless hardware in the computer not the router. Why can you not plug in via ethernet? That would be the easiest way to get the drivers you need. What is the make and model of the computer? I assume you are on a laptop?

>>57909882
Yes I've tried plugging it into an external monitor and nothing happens. I might just go a tech repair shop or geek squad and see if they can figure it out

also this is not me>>57909900

I know this isn't homework help general, but I don't know where else to ask.
I know /wsr/ would make more sense but I don't know how many /g/oers frequent there and it's a programming questions.

I made this, http://pastebin.com/fJWvG2Gs , as I was instructed based on this, http://pastebin.com/dYQxK91b , assignment.
But I kind of suck with pointers and I'm not sure if I actually did as asked or not. Did I go about this right or am I a fuckwit?

>>57909907
Ah okay, it could have much different specs then, different dell machines used that same case for years.

Something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487220
should get the job done, just make sure whatever card you get is PCI Express and does not require an extra power connector

I don't want to type out my whole question so I'm just going to leave this here http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/273903/problems-with-irf520-transistor

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Any good recommendations for non-apple MP3 players? I've had my ipod nano for the past 7 years or so but I am tired of dealing with iTune's bullshit.

>>57909965
I would try a computer repair shop in your area, Geek Squad seems to be a bit dumb, slow and overpriced. I have heard a lot of stories about simple easy to fix stuff that geek squad either couldn't figure out or charged way too much to do

>>57910025
The old Sandisk Sansa models work pretty well and are also somewhat physically similar to an ipod

>>57910036
I'm at university right now and I'm thinking about just going to my campus computer repair store. Unfortunately they seem a bit overpriced($120 an hour for labor) and was wondering if geek squad was any cheaper. Never used any kind of computer repair service before so I'm unsure if this is standard fee.

>>57910077
Neither have I, I have always done my own computer work. But $120 an hour seems insanely high to me. I just work out of my house but I don't think i've ever charged $120 to do any repair

how do i get my gateway firmware onto a usb to transfer it to an OS im dual booting on this PC?

>>57910007
ok thanks but should i be concerned with bus speed or anything like that?

>>57910077

$120/hr is pretty high...if it takes 2 hours you've pretty much spent the equivalent of a new chromebook.

>>57905764
If I have 2 gpus in my system, how do i choose which gpu an application uses, on wangblows 7

>>57905946
Honeyview. its normally used to read Manga/comics.

>>57910139
PCI Express is backwards compatible, as long as the card physically fits into the slot it should adapt to your system just fine. For example if you put a PCIE X16 card into a PCIE X8 slot the card simply just runs at the lower 8X speed

>>57910178
ok thanks boi

Is it possible to permanently disable GPS on Android, specifically asking about the Moto E 2nd Gen. Or is there no way to disable the built in cell radio gps without complete disabling phone service?

Will Skylake CPU prices drop soon?

specifically i5-6600K?

>>57910061
Definitely will take those into consideration. Thanks!

>>57910263
Dont expect anything bigger than $10 discount.

CPUs dont drop in prices.

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how do you get a touchpad to run on linux so that you don't have to drag all the way to the edge? i see nothing in the settings for this.

Is there a downside to using localmodconfig when compiling a custom kernel?

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>>57910318
thank you

What's a good bitcoin wallet to use on PC and android? I'm currently looking at GreenAddress, Copay and Electrum.

Whats the best ssd to boot off of and run some programs?

>>57910375
also, is there a major difference between PCI-E ssd and SATA ssd?

Thoughts?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_GlGglbu1U

>>57910375
Samsung 850 EVO is the best one. It's a bit expensive though, you could get a Kingston or Crucial if you want to save some cash.

>>57910389
In theory? Huge difference in read and write speeds. In practise? They're pretty much identical in loading OS and suspend programs. If you do large write or read operations (f.ex. 4k video editing) then PCIe/m.2 will speed it up considerably but otherwise only get one if you have nothing else to spend money on.

>>57910354
Metronome cat?

Anyway Motherboards do come down in price.

Is there an elegant way to keep mouse speed from "changing" when I switch to having multiple monitors?

>>57910501
By this, I mean that I would be using a second monitor sometimes but not always, so having a switch of some sort for mouse speed would be helpful.

>>57910480
>suspend
Starting. God I hate mobileposting.

Do I HAVE to use a Z170 board with an unlocked Skylake processor? I've never OC'd before and probably won't now.

>>57910581
Yes, otherwise you cant overclock.
If you are asking this you probably dont know you have to buy a Heatsink fan too.

>>57910320
bumping for this

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What are some decent non-hipster camera to buy these days?
Is the Canon PowerShot G7X decent choice?

A few nights ago I asked for suggestions for a program to help me rip/download a whole set of fourms that is going offline soon, and I was suggested HTTrack.

So, I adjuisted the settings to the best of my understanding and had that running overnight, and it's still going 14 hours later now with 5gb downloaded and still going

Looking at what it downloaded, it looks like it mostly worked, with a few issues:

1. It downloaded a bunch of junk files and resources I don't need that's inflating the file size
2. For any thread or fourm section where there are multiple pages, I can't click the buttons to get to page 2, 3, etc from the downloaded index.hmtl file

Can anybody tell me what the settings need to be for those to be fixed? The fourm in question is http://monsterarchives.proboards.com/

>>57910629
Just use an iPhone like normal people.

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Pretty sure the pump in my Corsair H100i v2 CPU cooler died today after only Four months, I feel like it's going to be too much of a struggle to RMA, anyone recommend me an alternative that won't die on me?

>>57910629
If you want a compact/point-n-shoot type camera, save your money and just use your phone. The reason that market segment has died off is because they don't really do anything better than phones. They use the same tiny sensors and lenses, etc.

If you have at least $300 to spend and are willing to accept a larger camera in exchange for better photos, then you want a proper interchangeable-lens camera. Go to /p/ and lurk in the gear thread for a while.

>>57910480
alright cool, thanks.

>>57910581
>>57910588
I know I can't overclock, I got the processor from Intel Holiday deal for $130

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>>57910668
As I said non-hipster.
>>57910671
As much as this would solve my issues, sadly it won't do.
I need something durable, not so small, and interchangeable lenses aren't a must but would do, my budget is around 500-600$
/p/ doesn't like being asked such questions.
I have a trip to Brazil coming in a few weeks, And I need to take pictures of the plants there, I'm a botanist.

I thought about getting Moto Z force, and add the camera mod.
http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_moto_z_force-8093.php

>>57910823
That's a very respectable step over a standard selfie.

>>57910669
Yeah, don't buy an AIO.
Buy a solid air cooler. Air coolers don't have teeny tiny little pumps made by the lowest bidder.

Also, RMA the fuck out that corsair unit when you've got a new air cooler. That's a big chunk of cash.

Ok /g/ my brother has been without a computer for months. He has this laptop that won't load windows (Thing called startup repairs loads up and fails). I want to install something else on it. Do I have to format his laptop? I want to get RemixOS on it.

Also I don't have a thumbdrive or a burnable cd. Is it possible for me to use my phone with a usb cable as a bootable drive?

>>57910849
Either his HDD is fuxxed or it isn't. You can make your own bootable USB, 4GB sticks are like a dollar mang.

>>57910874
I found how to make a bootable drive from my phone

Please forgive my retardation and verbosity:

I play video games with a dual-core cpu that has hyperthreading. Task manager shows it as having four logical processors--cpu 0, 1, 2, and 3. When I tick all four in set affinity, I get lower than expected performance and it seems like my cpu isn't working as hard as it should. When I simply untick cpu 0 and play with only cpu 1, 2, and 3 enabled, I get a pretty big performance boost as it seems all three cores are being fully utilized.

Is cpu 0 acting as a kind of bottleneck for the other three? Would it be possible to get full use of all four of these cores instead of limiting myself to just three? Thanks in advance, lads.

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I have 32GB DDR3 which is built for 2400MHz @ 1.65V, but my processor defaults it to 1.5V @ 1333MHz.

Apparently if I overvolt the RAM (1.65V) to up the clockspeed (to 2400MHz), my CAS timings will go up (from 9-9-9-24 to 11-13-13-31).

I'm not sure what matters more in terms of performance. Is it worth it to overclock/overvolt my RAM if it causes my CAS timings to rise?

>>57910823
>I'm a botanist
Then you're looking for something with macro lenses at least.
Try Sony A6000, you can change it's lenses.

What is a good way or good program to make a PDF from multiple png files? I don't want to use an online builder from a website.

>>57910669
noctua 15 thingy.
no pumps

>>57910995
What OS?

>>57911015
Either Windows 7 or Linux. Either is fine.

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To my understanding, Windows no longer needed drivers since Windows 98 and most drivers are included as generic driver for most common hardware such as USB flash drives/Keyboards/Mice/other plug and play devices.
Right?
If so should I install GPU drivers if my GPU is recognized as generic monitor adapter?

>>57911032
http://askubuntu.com/questions/158093/how-do-i-convert-a-png-to-pdf-with-only-the-default-packages-on-11-10

http://www.novapdf.com/kb/convert-jpg-to-pdf-or-other-image-formats-to-pdf-105.html

>>57911069
Thank you.

what distro should i put on my laptop. ive decided i don't like ubuntu

Alright I've got a few questions

first off. gtx 1080 or sli with cheaper cards?

also, sata 6gb/s or express? whats the difference? i see some mobos that can have 4:1 and some only use express. Is there a performance advantage?

And 4690k vs 6700k, what sort of programs would make use of the extra power? Games? Design? Video/photo editing?

And as far as peripherals go, what sort of objective stats/specs should a person look for?

>>57911160

fedora, all day every day

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Is this something I can fix or is it indian code?

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>>57910983
>Not posting the 4chan version of that image

Also no in general it's not worth the time

>>57911391
Probably requires reinstalling Windows like every odd error

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I am trying to get a connection going between my windows 10 desktop at home and my windows 7 laptop. I have been able to get remote desktop to work from anywhere but I wanna be able to play some slow turn based games like xcom and xcom2 for fun on the go. Problem is whenever I launch those or any of my games from the windows 7 laptop they either crash or stay minimized with a black screen. I tried changing their resolution to match my laptop's from the desktop but that didnt work either. What do /g/uys?

Getting my second 1080 tomorrow (Upgrading from two GTX Titans (maxwell).
It's an rog strix and only has two display ports, and since I have 3 monitors that require display port (1440p @144hz monitors) can I plug in one of the monitors into the other 1080 and still have sli enabled? I know with the Titan it wasn't possible (I think you could use surround display but idk if that still enabled sli?

Does anyone have a good recommendation for a desk mic? Is there a picture with a bunch of options?

Mini itx vs micro atx?

>>57911572
blue yeti get recommended a lot.

>>57910981
Are you talking about performance when you play a video game?

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What does /g/ think of this monitor?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FGCJAHU/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=N52FXMAPSXR7&coliid=I37J5P8TZFJAY6&psc=1

Is it worth spending ~$90 more to go from 23 inch to 27 inch?
If I was using these side-by side to set up a system like this, what's your thoughts?
Will going from ~14in x ~21in to ~16.4in x ~24.5in

>>57911980
sorry.
Will it
>make a real difference?

Which updates on windows 7 do I have to remove to get rid of the telemetry shit? If its not possible, what can I do to get rid of telemetry then (except for using Linux).

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>>57911057
Anyone?

>>57911057
>>57912027
As far as I can understand, the generics are as they sound. Generic to make it work. I'd say if your device has it's own, do so to make it work more efficiently.
If you use this GPU to play video games, then you really want to do so.

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>>57912054
Thanks.
One more thing, each GPU have it's own driver right?
There isn't a driver that will work on all the GPU made by Nvidia for example.

My friend says he have a DVD that includes the latest Nvidia drivers for GPU, I told him this most be the software that controls it not the drivers itself.
Am I right?

Is there a certain filesystem or something that can stop hangups from happening as often or is better hardware the only answer?

>>57912103
>each GPU have it's own driver
Not really. All GeForce cards use the same GeForce driver, assuming the device is still supported. Their business cards, which I think is called Quarto or something like that, all use the same driver for that line of cards. They make different drivers based on the line of gpus, but all those within the line use the same driver still.

I don't really understand your last question. Are you asking if the DVD has software like GeForce Experience?
All in all you can get all update to date drivers online, and that DVD most likely doesn't have it. They do sometimes give other software they deem helps, but it's not usually necessary to work.
However I think the force you to install their stupid GeForce Experience.

>>57912173
For example my browser will be working fine. Then I'll go into another program for 30 minutes, come back to my browser and now it's slow as fuck for a while. I restart it every day and the hard drive is nowhere near full so it really irritates me that this keeps happening.

>>57912221
>Are you asking if the DVD has software like GeForce Experience?
No, I should have mentioned I'm not talking about recent hardware.
Something old like GeForce 2 MX.
My friend doesn't believe in downloading the drivers manually.
So he either uses Driver solution pack, or some DVDs that contains collection of drivers.
So regarding Nvidia GeForce drivers, drivers for GTX and MX is the same? the only difference is the software that comes with it?

Just started up Kali Linux is it worth my time to learn how everything works in the Computer Systems field or not? is it worth my time in general?

>>57911671
I was thinking around 60€ doesn't have to be some studio shit just no excessive noise and other trash.

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I need a >1U chassis (or tower) for an SSI MEB form factor motherboard and I need it to be cheap, 80USD at most but I'd rather it be around 40

pic kinda unrelated, not my hardware

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What did UPS mean by this? How can the package be "transferred to local post office for delivery" if it's still in the US?

>>57912308
>My friend doesn't believe in downloading the drivers manually.
Your friend is gimping himself by being a stick in the mud.
>2 MX
Oh. That's pretty old, fami. You could probably get away with using the generics for that, but it might be best to see if you can't find the latest drivers for that online anyways.
Though the GTX series won't share any drivers with those because that's pretty old and doesn't even have support. I thought you were talking about currently supported cards. It sounds contrary to what I said last post but that's because I was being lazy and not getting too specific.

What is the reason for using such old hardware?

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>>57912482
>What is the reason for using such old hardware?
It's around and it's work?
It's an old PC running WinXP SP2, mostly use it for scanning/printing stuff since I can get all the printing options from the HP printer on windows only.
And I want to make it run a few old games, more smoothly.
My friend is stupid he believes some weird myths, like you need to re-install windows when changing the RAM and stuff like that.

What is a proper way to generate PDF files in Java?
Right now I'm meddling around with XSL-FO and Apache FOB but this technology seems fucking ancient and all the information you can find on it dates back to like 2002.

Has there anything better come around (like same thing just with HTML and CSS -> pdf instead of XML and XSL -> pdf )

>>57912651
Works is a very malleable term. It might work indeed, but there might be plenty of new things on the internet that slows it down. Then again you probably won't have that much trouble. Worth a try at least. You might need to clean up for junk files and such, make sure the HDD is defragmented.
What games are you looking to run?
Your friend needs some help. Never even heard of something like that.

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why does chromecast (yeah i konw, botnet) do this? how can i make it stop and how can i get rid of these 100+ "active" connections (the cast isn't even on and w-lan is deaktivated) fast? maybe someones ITT who has a fritzbox?

>>57912858
i shoudl mention, that it's all the same MAC, but the IP changes, so it's defenatly the same device

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>>57912751
>Works is a very malleable term
As in it runs.
Just typing documents with Office 2003, and printing it.
That's all.
>Gaming
Some old games, C&C:RA2, Plant Vs Zombies, YuGiOh Series.
Nothing graphically intense but still lags on old hardware.
PvZ have to run on low settings to get smooth gameplay.
Still dirty from inside with all the dust.
Probably will clean it tomorrow.
>Specs
CPU: Pentium 4
RAM: 512 MB
HDD: 80 GB
GPU: Nvidia GeForce MX 64 MB
>Friend
He's beyond hope, He believes every word the "local PC repair guy" says.
I don't have any degree in IT/CS but some of the things are blatant lies, like "Your RAM should be 4X that of your GPU".

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>>57905764
what the fuck is wrong with my fifi? Drivers are apprently updated and working correctly the wifi switch is turned on yet the diagnosis says differently, the little action centre widget down the bottom says wifi is off what the fuck is happening? I'm using a Toshiba Satellite P750. It was working fine yesterday only thing thats changed is making a guest account

I have office 2007, mainly use onenote
which is the best newer version of onenote?
I downloaded the free one MS has, but you have to login to use it, I dont want that, plus I mainly use my computer offline

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I have a 14 foot made desk built to the wall. I have a little cubby in the right corner of my desk/room.

I'm wondering if there's such a thing as USB Hub that I connect from Mouse to Hub to computer. My cords aren't long enough to move my computer to the PC.

My Tower about 4-6 feet away from the monitors. I got long enough DVI cables for the monitor but my mouse/ keyboard can't reach the tower. I don't want my cables hanging on the front of the PC, I want something like a hub that I can plug my USB stuff to like my X box controller or etc.

>>57905946
Faststone

>>57912907
That's probably the best it will be able to do.
I'm surprised it can even run PvZ with that hardware. Guess that Pentium 4 can be helpful depending on which one it is.
Does he also believe his local car salesman? You don't have to have a degree in those to know what's what. I've never heard of that one before either, but I hope he doesn't believe that one too.

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>>57913074
>I'm surprised it can even run PvZ with that hardware
I've installed the driver for the Nvidia card.
Things improved drastically though booting time suffered.
But the temps are a little high, 70C on idle.
I need to clean it, would /g/ be interested in such things?

I'm trying to add a bio panel to foobar, found a script (JS) as I never coded but it's giving me a runtime error '_' is undefined Line: 11, Col: 1

// ==PREPROCESSOR==
// @name "Last.fm Bio"
// @author "marc2003"
// @import "%fb2k_profile_path%js_marc2003\js\lodash.min.js"
// @import "%fb2k_profile_path%js_marc2003\js\helpers.js"
// @import "%fb2k_profile_path%js_marc2003\js\panel.js"
// @import "%fb2k_profile_path%js_marc2003\js\text.js"
// ==/PREPROCESSOR==

var panel = new _.panel("Last.fm Bio", ["metadb", "remap"]);
var text = new _.text("lastfm_bio", 10, 24, 0, 0);

panel.item_focus_change();

function on_size() {
    panel.size();
    text.w = panel.w - 20;
    text.h = panel.h - 24;
    text.size();
}

function on_paint(gr) {
    panel.paint(gr);
    gr.FillSolidRect(0, 0, panel.w, 24, panel.colours.header);
    gr.GdiDrawText(text.header_text(), panel.fonts.title, panel.colours.highlight, 10, 0, panel.w - 20, 24, LEFT);
    text.paint(gr);
}

function on_metadb_changed() {
    text.metadb_changed();
}

function on_mouse_wheel(s) {
    text.wheel(s);
}

function on_mouse_move(x, y) {
    text.move(x, y);
}

function on_mouse_lbtn_up(x, y) {
    text.lbtn_up(x, y);
}

function on_key_down(k) {
    text.key_down(k);
}

function on_mouse_rbtn_up(x, y) {
    return panel.rbtn_up(x, y, text);
}

Any ideas or alternative bio panels for foobar?

>>57913165
Glad that's working then.
This is a desktop, right? Those temps are high. Are they temps for CPU, GPU, or both?
>I need to clean it, would /g/ be interested in such things?
I'm lost on this statement too.

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>>57913308
CPU temps.
Fan's speed sensor only shows in BIOS.
>lost in translation
I meant as old/legacy hardware for guts threads.

boolean algebra, how would you simplify this? I just want to double check my work since I haven't done this for a while in the semester, and after doing my kmaps, I have to design a circuit based on it.

~(AB) + (B~C~D) + (AB) + (B~C~D) + (AC)

Do you cancel out AB with ~A~B? Also, what do you do when the same expression comes twice? Ignore one of them?

>>57913343
its just an old xp pc

>>57913343
Replacing the thermal paste might be a good idea on it then. If you already haven't done so.
I'm sure someone would like the pictures. Not one to go there myself.

>>57905764
I want to learn to hack - I already know a bit (I've made and distributed ransomware, keyloggers, botnets, adware and I've used social engineering to make someone hand over their email then used that for targetted phishing) but I'm looking to up my game what books should I buy and what subreddits or IRC channels should I frequent?

>>57905764
I'm looking for a rack to fit a 4U module that allows me to use it as a desktop, so to say. A vertical rack with feet to do so. What is the name of the part I should look for this?

whats that website with random anime girls with some spooky music and rain gifs etc in the background.

16 bit purple looking website as far as i can remember

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Find a flaw

>>57913635
mobo costs more than cpu

>>57913642
I need a Z series to overclock. It's non-negotiable

>>57912983
???

Yes, you can get USB hubs from every computer store. If you don't want one then you can just buy extension cables.

>>57913635
You're trying too hard.

>>57913635
>that many ssd
>let alone all those hdds
What are you trying to do here?

my msi rx480 hovers around 300-400 mhz mem clock. is it not supposed to be 1303 mhz? it says so on the card description

What's a good, dirt cheap, no frills mechanical keyboard for someone who has used normal keyboards all his life?

I just want something nice to press.

>>57913660
You're talking about GPU clock, right? Your card automatically underclocks when idle to save power and generate less heat. It'll automatically increase to 1303 MHz if you're doing something GPU intensive.

>>57913657
Get everything up and running

>>57913713
More details, senpai.

>>57913697
i'm not sure,
there is a gpu clock which fluctuates i think you're talking about that. but another one says core clock which should be 1303 mhz but reads 300mhz atm on gpu-z and msi afterburner.

What's the best way to write lines to a file in Java?
There are so many fucking I/O classes and streams I don't know which one(s) to use.

>>57913764
Use PrintWriter if you want to write plain text.

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Some1 point me to the most recent /g/ PC build guide/infograph pls

You know the one with all the colored tiers based on how much you want to spend on it and shit

Thanks in advance ;)

>>57913906
http://www.logicalincrements.com/

So I'm a fairly popular youtuber 500k subs but I'm sick of youtubes restrictions, no copy righted music, nothing offensive, no political incorrectness - is there something similar to youtube I can self host and modify to my tastes? or will I have to build something myself?

I put a ssd of dubious origins into an acer inspire from 2009. trying to install lubuntu and it hangs installing the bootloader. should I bite the bullet and install it over McDonald's wifi or is there a workaround for offline

>>57913847
I want to write integers to a file, then be able to set variables using said ints.

>>57913952
Twitch?

>>57914259
twitch has the same restrictions, plus you can't edit videos

>>57914032
Define dubious.

As a creative in 2016 (as in, I work in Premiere and After Effects mainly) is it still worth buying Nvidia for CUDA over OpenGL/Mercury Engine? I need a new GPU for >muh gaymen but I'll spend a bit more and get Nvidia if it pays off.

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>>57905764
I have a box I use strictly for CRT TV gaming and I finally have slack money to upgrade from an XFX 8800GT Alpha Dog Edition. Not sure which of these two to get but they both support s-video which is the output I need.

Do I get a 9800GTX+ or a GTX 280?

also, enjoy this Fallout artwork directly from my GOG library.

>>57910823
>eye isn't even lined up with the viewfinder

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Is it normal for SSDs to come without casings like this? I feel like every product I've looked at has been in some sort of enclosure. Also, $50 at microcenter if anyone is interested

>>57914361
I've yet to see an enclosure for a M2 SSD.
Do you mean normal SATA SSDs?

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Why can i play Dark Souls 2 Scholar of The First Sin on my laptop but not Dark Souls 3?

I have a GT 540M 1GB, DaS 2 SotFS runs great but DaS 3 doesn't even reach 15fps at 800x600 with everything on fucking low. What the fuck?

My resolution is 1366x768.

>>57914361
>>57914370
This. Also
>$50 for a 256gb m.2
Get that shit nigga

>>57913635
>No GPU
>G3258 only supports DDR3 RAM, up to 1333MHz (Any higher speed and it will simply make it run at 1333MHz)

I finally got my Cloudatcost VPS server running.

Now I want to know what cool things I can do with it.

I could setup some servers but for what? Game server?

>>57907072
>>57906703
http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-770-vs-AMD-RX-480/2174vs3634

I find this site to be more comprehensive/accurate for CPU/GPU benches.

Its roughly a 40% increase in power.

>>57914379
Its a much more demanding/modern game.

I have both DS2/DS3 on my computer and I can tell you, the graphics on DS3 at low everything is still miles better than DS2 at its best.

DS2 graphics aged terribly to my eye.

>>57914416
ty anon

>>57914407
The 480 is undoubtedly more powerful than the 770, but his cpu would hold it back to the point where it wouldn't matter. Trust me, been there dun that; my first PC had a shitty core 2 quad (can't recall the model) and a GT210, which I upgraded to a GTX 570. The 570 was a beast at the time, but my CPU was holding it back so much I was getting 40fps on Saints Row 3 no matter if I was running minimum or max settings.

Tl;dr upgrade your CPU first, a 6300 just doesn't cut it for modern titles.

I know that Z170 boards will support Kaby Lake but will Z270 boards support skylake?

Through an interesting series of events I have a 6600k running on a cheap b150 board and I obviously want to upgrade for OC and nvme but I'll wait if I can use a z270 board.

>>57914370
>>57914381
Oh I didn't know what M2s were. Doing my first build very soon and I've been waiting to snag up an SSD. However it looks like my motherboard doesn't have a specified M2 port where you screw the thing in, only 2 extra PC-I ports. Would it be a retarded of me to just stick it in one of those and have it standing there vertically? I want to use this as my boot drive. Mobo is H110M Pro-VD

>>57914616
Most likely, they're both 1151 socket and there have been "leak" beachmarks testing skylake/kabylake on those new mobos.

Still, you gotta verify with product specifications, just in case.

>>57914677
no, you need an m2 port.

Will it work if I plugin my xduoo x3 to old home cinema system with male to male 3.5 jack?

I want to open and browse/search a huge mySQL dump. What's the easiest way to do it? A GUI would be preferable.

>>57914825
If your home cinema has a input slot and your xduoo x3 has an output slot.

You might need to set your home cinema setup to use the input slot.

>>57914866
import it into a local mysql instance and then query your results.

Are PSU power counters online reliable or do they show too high numbers ? Also how important is having an actually good PSU, those fuckers cost 100+$, it's insane. I mean I won't overclock, I won't SLI/XFire etc, does it really matter if I use some shitty modular budget corsair 80+bronze with 5 year warranty that I could buy for 70 instead of 150 for seasonic

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Pic related shows a conflict caused by connecting unrestricted multiple inputs to a shared medium.

Now, Logisim's documentation says that red colored wires means that the circuit has an 'error' value. But what does that mean in this specific case? A short-circuit? The circuit takes a certain garbage value? What happens?

Looking for a WiFi router
with both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz external antennas.

mp4        1280x720   hd720 , avc1.64001F,  mp4a.40.2@192k (best)

Is this usually the original uploaded video?

>>57915003
in what context?

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I experience some severe stuttering in games and even my OS gets unresponsive at times, I need to upgrade both RAM and HDD but don't know which to upgrade first, my HDD is VERY old (SATA2), see pic. On the other hand I only have 4GB DDR3 of RAM which might be the problem. My question is which one should I upgrade first? I'll be upgrading the other one in a matter of weeks but for now what will give me the better boost?

>>57907020
Underated post

>>57915024
The uncompressed video of the uploader? Take this for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXD0vv-ds8
This video is also uploaded on vimeo but it shows

mov        1920x1080  1015.66MiB (best)

I know most of these people upload videos in mp4 containers but I want to know if the (best) option is the video file used to upload to youtube.

Is it a bad idea to buy a used CPU from amazon and overclock it?

>>57915146
Yep. Every used CPU will always have defects the seller will never tell you about.

>>57915121
youtube doesn't expose the original file

>>57915003
There are no original uploaded video from youtube

All of them are compressed to various degrees.

>>57914706
ok thanks

>>57915184
Alright, thanks. I guess it wouldn't be any different with webms, right?

>>57915250
to always get the best available file(s) with youtube-dl, use the format "bestvideo+bestaudio/best"
put it in your youtube-dl config file if you want it to default to that

>>57914407
here's what I use my servers for
>IRC Bouncer
>mumble server
>blog
>gitlab
>hosting a website
>bruteforcing password hashes and encrypted strings
>testing out malware I make
>encrypted pastebin clone
>temp file host
>owncloud

I'm using cloudatcost VPS server.

I've setup the usual webserver to test it, unblocked the port on windows with the firewall. The server still can't be seen from public. What special thing do I need to setup VPS server properly?

>>57915273
>Since the end of April 2015 and version 2015.04.26, youtube-dl uses -f bestvideo+bestaudio/best as the default format selection.

Thanks for helping me.

>>57915231
Glad to know.

>>57915311
>Since the end of April 2015 and version 2015.04.26, youtube-dl uses -f bestvideo+bestaudio/best as the default format selection.
oh, well there you go, you need not touch anything

How does a wifi extender work? Is it worth it?

Long user of Win 7 on a laptop here.

Bought a desktop, should I go straight to Win 10? Or stick with Win 7? Or hell, even 8/8.1?

>>57915361
WiFi range extenders are suboptimal because they reduce the available bandwidth.

It receives a WiFi signal and retransmits it. The channel is blocked during the retransmit, reducing the available overall bandwidth.

Two solutions:
a) Lay cable to each WiFi AP
b) Get a dual-band router with OpenWRT firmware. Set it as a client on 2.4 GHz and as an access point on 5 GHz (or similar combinations).

If you don't care that much about bandwidth, repeaters are okay though.
I have one in the basement to connect an embedded device that rarely transmits anything it all.

>>57915471
older windows versions if you want to retain some sort of control over your pc. If you like getting buttfucked by microsoft then install windows 10.

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So I let my HTC 10 update and now its on android 7.0

I was wanting to root it but now I'm not sure if I can. I tried earlier today and got the bootloader unlocked, but when I tried installing TWRP recovery my phone bricked and was stuck in bootloop. Now thats fixed, and my phone is on a fresh install of 7.0.

Do I need to downgrade back to 6.1 to be able to root, or do I need to wait for people to make a new way to root 7.0? I'm really quite retarded when it comes to this stuff so I don't know what I'm doing ss

>>57911242
Sure,if you want to do beta tests for free.

I dropped my phone in water and now the screen doesn't work. Is there any way to get the text messages off of there by plugging it into the computer? It's got some important stuff on it. It's an HTC desire if that makes any difference.

Why would I get an NMI error on an Intel server board upon plugging in a graphics card and installing its driver in my OS? I plug in the card and, upon checking on device manager, it is recognized as plugged in, after which I install it's driver from nvidia (tried this with a gtx 980). Upon rebooting, the computer will refuse to boot because of an NMI error.

Are external SSDs better than external HDDs in every way?

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/v/&/vg/ here.

I recently tried to play a game, however, as soon as i got into it my CPU and GPU temps hit 70+.

I made the mistake of not having Speccy viewable and before i noticed what the game was doing, my temps were already at 95c for GPU and 73c for CPU.

My questions are
1: Whats dangerous temps for CPU and GPU? Dangerous as in its starting to damage the parts? What should be my normal temps and whats "shut it down" temps?

2: Should a program ever drive your PC to that levels? Is it just poor optimisation? Every other fairly new game i play gets it to around 70 for GPU but never anything too hot for CPU, the last "game" that did was a Unity game with no FPS limit so it ended up running at 500 frames and my PC's frames got real loud.

3: Is it bad cooling on my part (Stock CPU Fan with one fan at the front panel and one at the back but all fans/vents arent obstructed and have decent air flow)

>>57915080
pls

I have some new, sealed computer parts (and a couple of loose ones). What's the best site to sell them on? eBay?

Do Macbooks have a limit on storage? I have to replace a HDD for a friend, I have no idea how they work but the website says they're expandable to 5200RPM 750GB disks. Will a 7200RPM 1TB work just fine?

>>57905764
I need a PMP device and I don't know what to choose between Sansa Clip Jam and Fiio X1.

What's pros and cons of these models?

How do i download stream URL's from mixlr?

Hello, I just bought a thinkpad 13 (the cheapest, with an Intel celeron, i wanted a brand-new laptop that's why I didn't took a good refurbished thinkpad) I don't know what distro should I put on it. I'll only do basic stuff on it (French soldier) the only thing I want is : good battery life (so no resource intense de/wm) and performance, I don't really care about eyecandiness. I'm not a power user btw

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I got a Google Cardboard
Besides porn, what can I do with it? Any cool apps or tips?

>>57905764

Does an empty excel cell have a value? I mean, like "NULL" or something.

>>57916314
Considering your average spreadsheet software lets you scroll very far both horizontally and vertically, the most probable answer would be "no", because it would be inefficient to zero-fill the entire matrix. A sparse matrix that only holds information about non-empty cells seems more likely.

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On a scale of 1-10, how scummy is it to buy RAM from a local retailer, use it for a few days, and then return it when my online order comes in? Is this something people do? All my PC parts just arrived and I'm ITCHING to build, but I couldn't find a good deal on RAM until today and am not sure how long newegg shipping will take.

Where can I find a trustworthy download of Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB, mydigitallife is a cluster fuck

>>57916477
Do you want the local retailer to close?
Then do it.

>>57916207
Dualboot it With Windows 7.

>>57916492
It's on the PassTheHeadphones private tracker

>>57916558
That's the same as nothing

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I imported some electronic from abroad and instead of having it plugged through travel adapter I want to change its plug permanently. The thing is I can't find the plug I want on eBay. Can someone help?
It's Type E that I need.

How easy is it for a VPS provider to like enter and screw with your system?

>>57914292
Dubious as in found in a box of scraps by a dumpster

>>57915080
Your HDD is prehistoric. Get SSD. It will give you much better boost in terms of performance than upgrading RAM.
About the stuttering, it might be caused by CPU overheating. It shouldn't exceed 65-70C under full load.

>>57916752
like a mouse click.

>>57916497
Yeah you're right, I've been feeling guilty just thinking about it

>>57916762
Won't they need root password and shit though? I'm not talking about like wiping my system, that's a given.

>>57916782
My rule of thumb is to buy local if the price is at most about 10-15% higher than the cheapest online offering.

>>57916803
why would they? they have direct access to the hard disk/images.

>>57915080
That is one hell of a old HDD anon.

You start seeing problems at 30k hours and you are in the 50k hours.
Get a 240GB SSD (850 EVO).

It will be bottlenecked a bit because your motherboard uses SATA2 instead SATA3 but it will work.

>>57916817
>>57915080
Also upgrading RAM is good too, add another 4GB stick.

A new GPU would be good too.

>>57916817
>850 EVO
Or he can get even cheaper Crucial MX300. Yes I know it's a bit slower, but since he's upgrading from 15 years old HDD and is still limited by SATA2 he won't notice the difference.

Hell even I have 2 high end computer, one with evo and other with mx300 and the only noticeable difference between them is in benchmarks.

>>57916845
I was going for reliability over perfomance but yeah, anything will be good for him since he is limited by SATA2.

>>57916813
So they can with the click of a button get root access to my system, install virus.deb, wipe logs, and that's that?

Why would anyone get or trust a VPS provider?

>>57916856
MX300 has 3 years warranty so I wouldn't worry about it.
For the past 5 years I have been buying Crucial almost exclusively not only for myself but also for people I fix computers for. Over these 5 years I had only 1 failure, and it was after 2.5 years of use. Crucial honoured the warranty and replaced it with higher model.

>>57915795
1. Normal idle temps should be around the temperature of your room, and slightly higher. Think somewhere near 30 (fine) and 40 (okay-ish) degrees. "Shut it down" temps are any temps near 80 or 90 degrees. Those are simply unhealthy.

2. Without cooling at all, even an idle PC can hit those temps. Any program can make your PC run at 90 degrees if the cooling is awful.

3. Yes, it most likely is. Disassemble your shit, clean it with alcohol and redo your thermal paste. Google how you should do this.

TL;DR: Your cooling is awful and you need to fix it. This is not the fault of the developers.

>>57916864
because companies want customers.
if they tinker with their clients and someone finds out they'll go out of business.

this has nothing to do with a VPS, it can happen with any service that isn't run by you.

>>57909670
You were right, thanks for the help.

>>57916889
I'm just a little confused because with my little experience with KVM, I can enter a guest with the virsh command, but I still need to type in root password in order to actually enter it.

>>57916845
>>57916817
What do you guys mean limited by SATA2? it says on the ASUS website: "AMD SB710 controller :
6 x Porta(s) SATA 3Gb/s,"

Also I was gonna buy a " Western Digital WD10EZEX-00BN5A0"

>>57916874
So far 2 failures here, both BX200, but better than the 57 SV300 failures my clients have had, for whatever reason that SSD is really popular over here.

I have yet to have a client bring me a damaged 850 EVO or an ADATA SP550.
Zotac is really reliable too apparently but i haven't sold enough to talk about it.

>>57916941
SATA2 = SATA 3Gb/s which is around 300MB/s speed limit.
SATA3 = SATA6Gb/s which is +-550MB/s.

And a WD 1TB? yeah it will be good enough but most people buy SSDs this days.

>>57916985
Fuck I can't believe I didn't see this when I bought this motherboard, I hope it's at least a noticeable difference then from the 15 years old (LMAO) HDD

>>57917010
Nah, HDDs wont be bottlenecked by SATA2, dont worry about it.

WD Blues are really good.

How much RAM is needed to host your own personal email server? Will a pi zero do, or is there something even smaller?

Should I go to an autism-friendly screening of Rogue One?

>>57917051
>check requirements of server software you plan to use
>...
>profit!

>>57917032
Alright man, thanks for the help

>>57917080
Postfix + Dovecot + MySQL with SPF, DKIM and DMARC.

>>57917102
Now go and check it

>>57906019

I know what you're saying, I think.

How do you build more precise machines, using only less precise machines.

I've always sort of wondered about that myself.

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peepeepoopoo rip thread this post will be archived forever :D D :(

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>>57905764
Is this a legit offer?

The headset usually costs around 35 Eur here it;s listed for 13.
I can't find this offer via the Amazon search tho.

https://www.amazon.de/dp/B007962BGO/ref=asc_df_B007962BGO38386636?smid=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF&tag=billigerde-21&ascsubtag=UUID2e7530b736cb4cbda2c9be2aa5bba70c&linkCode=df0&creative=22502&creativeASIN=B007962BGO&childASIN=B007962BGO