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    Weird Jumpy-ghosty video playback on PA271W with Displayport

    I got a second-hand NEC 27" IPS Monitor PA271W. Things look weird when something is in motion. Normally the screen looks okay. But when I start playing videos, it looks extremely weird - there is a jumpy, ghosty, interlaced-like effect. I took a video of what it looks like, since when taking...
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    Recommendation on Buying a Desktop Tower for casual browsing & semi-pro Photo/Video editing

    Hey, before I go ahead and open it, is there any reason to not like the system? I'm asking, because once I open it it's much harder to return it. For example let's say I won't care about cash difference for up to $300 , as far as saving money goes, but other than that, is there any reason to...
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    Recommendation on Buying a Desktop Tower for casual browsing & semi-pro Photo/Video editing

    I'll have to look for it & read it. I got the box from the store, still packed, while I am giving myself a grace period while I decide if I want to keep it. I am used to building my own from parts where I select each part, and thus can pick my case, my video/etc. Here I get everything packaged...
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    How can similarly-priced monitors be drastically different in size?

    Can you explain how 24 and 32 inch monitors cost essentially the same amount? $400 - NEC EA245WMI-BK MultiSync 24" Display $391 - Samsung 32” WQHD LED Monitor (S32D850T) For example, what does NEC do that Samsung doesn't do? What does Samsung lack that NEC delivers?
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    Recommendation on Buying a Desktop Tower for casual browsing & semi-pro Photo/Video editing

    I am at the Microcenter now it's about half an hour away from me. Operating system is Windows 10 probably professional version. That's right, I don't want to build one because I want it now and building my way will take a little bit of time. Because if I build one myself I will take some time...
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    Recommendation on Buying a Desktop Tower for casual browsing & semi-pro Photo/Video editing

    I'd say video is less than 10% of my usage. Resolution typically 1080p, 60fps. I have cameras capable of doing 4K, but I haven't used it much really. I may at some point. I am not very hardcore into video. My situation is that ..my roommate's computer was given away, and he has no...
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    Recommendation on Buying a Desktop Tower for casual browsing & semi-pro Photo/Video editing

    Hio! I am looking for some assistance as far as acquiring a new system. Wanted to get some advice. I want to get a system fairly soon, as in within this week. My budget being $1200-1600. I am looking for Desktop only (CPU + Mem + MB + Video, etc). Do not care about things outside of that...
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    Do I pick Synology DS151 deal or wait?

    I see there is a deal on newegg for Synology DS1517. Considering that I want to get a 4 or 5 bay NAS, how worth it is this deal? I'm still generally debating whether to use a single disk directly attached storage that i already have, or get a NAS. The benefits of NAS as i see it are RAID...
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    Need help in organizing and making accessible 20 hard drives

    Thanks I specifically avoided saying NAS in my post to avoid biasing replies towards suggesting one but I think a NAS will help me for two reasons: online-accessible storage (set my drives up online, them being on when my computer is off) more more data security - RAID with various options I'm...
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    Need help in organizing and making accessible 20 hard drives

    I am looking for a solution to an issue ... TL;DR: I have 20 hard drives full of various data, often not connected to any device, just laying around, and I need a solution to organize data on them, make that data accessible, and organize a back up solution to that data. And ideally I want...
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    Is this HP Pavilion desktop a good deal?

    I have been looking to upgrade my desktop with a (CPU+MB+RAM combo). I had my sights on Intel Core i7-6700K 8M Skylake Quad-Core 4.0 GHz with an appropriate motherboard, most likely some model of Asus, and use say 16Gb RAM. I would normally pick some decent quality/performance components. I...
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    Building a dedicated PC for NAS

    Having a budget of say $1,000 to $1,500, I want to build a 16Tb NAS machine. What kind of considerations should I pay attention to? any particular RAID card(s)? any particular hard drives? any specific motherboard? any specific RAID configuration? This will be for low-end home use for...
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    Looking to ease data needs for home use (NAS?)

    well I am still thinking about it. I was not planning on building a computer for NAS, I just have spare parts laying around, and a lower-end computer (circa 2004) that I can use. I've read that FreeNAS requires minimum 8Gb or RAM to function properly, and 16Gb for sweet-spot performance. I...
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    Looking to ease data needs for home use (NAS?)

    Thanks so just so I get it, * use a Windows-machine as NAS just as a network share * use Carbonite/AltDrive in place of RAID-like functionality (in a sense that if a drive dies, I do disaster recovery from online backup) If so, then yeah, I suppose that'll work and I won't need to spend money...
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    Looking to ease data needs for home use (NAS?)

    I am looking for NAS that will suit my data needs most. My goals (not all relating to NAS necessarily, but more so to my data needs overall, where I am hoping NAS will come in to help): * store my extensive photo collection where users (me + roommate) can safely go through photos to edit...
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