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Don't have Microcenter near me. Looking to use an old case, psu. Used is ok too, I looked on ebay but didn't see much. My budget is <$300. Is it possible to get a modern cpu/chipset with that. e.g. Intrel 12th gen, maybe b660/670? AMD is also fine. I won't be adding a gpu, iGpu is fine.

I want to use a SuperMicro 24 bay chassis as a DAS. It will be used with a server on which I want to use unRaid. The specs are as follows - SuperMicro: 846E16-R1200B chassis BPN-SAS2-846EL1 backplane it also came with a LSI 9223-8i card server: HP Elitedesk 800 G4 SFF I'm new to these things...

I used to build my own pc's like most enthusiasts, it was a fun hobby. Then I got busy with life and moved all gaming to consoles, ~5 years I got a Dell XPS on one of their really good sales (which end up costing almost less than parts) and its still running great, but I'm looking to upgrade. I...

The $199 deal was too good to pass up. So whats next? Planning on getting the $40 PS+ for 1 year as well. Is Playstation Now worth it? How many PS4 games do they have vs PS3/2? Its also on sale for $80. I also got Horizon Zero Dawn and Uncharted Legacy Collection for $10 each, and Last of US...

I use my laptop with a docking station and 2 monitors - it is connected via DP. I arrange all my windows the way the I want them, but if I undock and connect again, or even sometimes when I sleep and resume, it forgets the layout and all the windows are either back on the laptop or randomly...

What the hell ??! I'm an admin for gods sake. This just started happening. I also get a UAC prompt when running task manager!

I have Arch Linux (via Antergos) KDE on my laptop, ita a fresh install. It froze completely today, I was just browsing. I could move my cursor but nothing was responding, no alt-tab etc. I remembered Linux has multiple terminals so I did Ctrl-Alt-F2 and had a new prompt. In it I logged in using...

Can you finally implement dark mode now that Apple is going to do it? I have no idea why MS and Google both have such an aversion to dark themes - MS has grudgingly added it in Windows 10 modern apps/dialog, Google loves showing a dark theme in preview builds but never in the final product...

Ok this is going to be a very unhelpful request for help, but the whole thing is a mystery and I am at wits end. I have a fresh Windows 10 install (I have an earlier thread on this here) just a few weeks old, on a regular Dell desktop pc. Nothing else has changed, I've been running Windows 10...

I've been using Ubuntu/Fedora for a while and recently tried Arch. Well, I actually used Manjaro. So far I really like it, I don't want to say its faster because I can't tell that, but I do like pacman + AUR (not needing to add ppa's is great) and I like the Arch wiki too. So many things to...

I'm reinstalling Windows 10 on my desktop pc and have a few questions - - is there a reason not to use the builtin Defender as AV? I've tried using the free Avast etc before, the nagware was too much and it didn't catch anything Defender didn't - I'm not one of the paranoid types who shut off...

Case in point - systemd. Years after every major distro has adopted it, you still hear whining from the neckbeards. And yet you'll never hear an actual technical reason, its all about 'not Unixy', 'Lennart is evil' blah blah. Never mind that the old way was a slow, kludgy unreliable mess, and...

The problem isn't so much that its bad, its that its unpredictable and inconsistent. On the same phone with same software, you can get massive drops because of Google play services, Android System etc, BT/GPS etc, and then you play a game with turning off services and hoping things work out...

I'd get a MBP for development work if I could afford it, I think they are great for that. But that's not really what this is about... I have a friend who's been getting into photography recently. She now has multiple cameras costing $$$, DSLR etc, goes on photo trips etc. She's also a very...

Need - 15" screen (14 is too small), >5hr battery life, decent cpu, Linux compatibility, decent cpu, ssd, not bulky budget - <$400. Used/ebay is perfectly fine It will be used for programming, movies etc. I have looked at Thinkpads and did get a T440s but had to return it due to issues, and...

Can someone explain why other distros can't take advantage of AUR? Is there something specific in Arch? Isnt it just a pkgbuild format which is downloaded and then compiled if needed? It seems like a big advantage.

My laptop died (via Dell bios update), I picked up a used Thinkpad on ebay. Its a T440s, got it for a decent price. However it turns out to have a bios lock :( I can enter the bios and view some settings. It has UEFI secure boot disabled so I'm able to boot into other os's. But obviously can't...

E3 is over, so whats the consensus? What is the best looking current/next gen game engine or game? A lot of trailers advertised 'in game footage' but who knows how the final game will look like? e.g. Anthem.

How do I get this to work? Need to access my Windows pc from Linux and ChromeOS. I've tried connecting to \\server\share then when asked for security [email protected] with the password. Also tried prefixing with the local pc name, using the workgroup name etc. Nothing seems to work. Also is it...

It's an Inspiron 7547. I was trying to update the bios from A05 to A08. Made a bootable USB with freedos as recommended and booted from it, started the bios update (downloaded from Dell). It seemed to have finished but at the end gave this !she - "P/W: Not enough memory". Didn't go away and...

Its an old PC I built a while ago, Antec case with Antec PSU, AMD cpu. I started using it again recently. Heard a pop/flash and it just died, now it won't power on, I don't hear anything. Sounded like a short somewhere but can't be sure. It's not really worth it to replace the mobo etc.

I installed Linux on my Dell Inspiron 7457 laptop - its pretty modern with a Core i7, 8GB RAM and integrated Intel HD graphics. I have the latest KDE Neon, and I'm getting continuous screen flicker - the entire screen will have snow every few seconds. I googled and this kind of video...

I've tried a number of distros but never got it to work properly. Tried to install Linux Integration Services etc, but when I boot into Linux it still says 'software rendering only', the cursor support is not seamless, and its slow. I thought using HyperV would be faster since its a type 1...

Storage will be multiple hotswap drive bays in a SuperMicro case. LSI controller flashed to IT mode, and a SAS2 backplane. OS will be Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials, but I can also use Linux utils if they will run in a VM. Is it better to run mechanical drives 24/7 or is it ok to let them...

chassis: SC846TQ-R900B mobo: SuperMicro H8DME-2 cpu: AMD Opteron 2212 HE 8GB RAM 3x AOC-SAT2-MV8 cards IPMI Supermicro AOC-SIM1U(+) & AOC USB2RJ45 2x 900w pws-902-1r PSU Server was purchased but never really used. I'm asking for $250, local pickup only in Bay area. I also have some other...

The free offer is ending in a week. I know its possible to perform the upgrade then do a rollback even though that sounds complicated. The problem is my family has 3 laptos running Win 8/8.1, and they don't have broadband. I do maintenance and upgrades when I visit them on holidays. So they...

- made arguably the best price/performance phone to date, the Nexus 5 - which was based on the G2, an amazing phone relevant to this day - their skin is better than TouchWiz with better features and none of the lag - came up with buttons on back, ridiculed by all at the time and now being copied...

I've been using PS+ with my PS3 for a while and as a result have a nice game collection. Last year I didn't have access or time for gaming for most of the year so I had let PS+ expire, and I just renewed it in Dec. PS+ used to offer AAA games every month. Now all I see is Indies and PSN, not a...

I want to choose an OS for a media server, has to be Windows. I have valid keys. The server hw is pretty old, its an old SuperMicro with AMD Opteron, 6GB DDR2 etc. Which of these is going to have the lowest resource usage? I don't need to use any pc backup features, just run it as a server...

Budget is upto $300. I know most unlocked phones support worldwide GSM bands but I'd like it to support most LTE bands also so it can use 4G if available esp in South East Asia. Removable battery + sd card is preferred. One of the premium brands like HTC, LG, Sony is fine but I'm also open to...

Looking for at least 5" (5.5 or 6 is also ok), Android smartphone for global use. Running pure Android is nice but not a must, but it should have at least Lollipop. There are quite a few Chinese/Taiwanese phones from Xiaomi, Huawei, Lenovo etc, some cheaper models from the big names, its all...

3 Tom Clancy games - Division, Ghost Recon, Rainbow 6 all are 'open world' squad based tactical shooters. And they all look pretty much the same too. Even the new Assassins Creed is pretty similar. Would be nice if they had some imagination. Division looked much better in 2013/14. I guess...

Biggest announcement yet, and I think it just sold me on the XB1, along with the new controller. This is how you take advantage of your strength in software, very nice move by MS !!

I don't want to give up my unlimited data plan which is not available anymore, and the newer plans cost more anyway. Current phone is a LG G2 which I quite like. Is there a 5.5" or larger size phone for a decent price (<$350) that will be better than my G2? Most of the deals I see are for GSM...

Cheap = <$400 I don't want a Chromebook. What I'd like - - hdd replaceable with ssd - decent screen resolution (i.e. not 1366x768. Since no one makes 1600x900 anymore, I guess that means FHD) - screen size 13/14/15" - 8GB or more RAM - cpu: Core i5 or more, I don't mind AMD either - battery...

https://plus.google.com/+AlexWiesen/posts/8eGA2JDpBFM Except for, and this will come as no surprise, Verizon :mad::mad: Are we seriously supposed to believe Verizon is suddenly going to become an angel and allow a Nexus 6, as the rumors suggest?? I don't think so !!

That will work with any unlocked phone (not just the special ones sold by the operator) ? e.g. wifi calling on TMobile only works with the special Nexus you have to buy from them.

http://www.droid-life.com/2014/10/02/android-l-for-the-galaxy-s5-gets-an-8-minute-video-preview/ warning - may be painful and cause emotional damage. I knew Samsung would butcher L, and they don't disappoint :mad:

Once again Apple has managed to fool people into thinking they've come up with something new. The fact is Apple Pay is a new thing for Apple to use tech that's been out for years. Google Wallet is every bit as secure regardless of what Tim Cook says about 'secure element' . Wallet will work...

I love running public beta's of MS OS's. IMO they are extremely stable and I've never had any issues. In addition you get upto 6mo-1 year of a free OS, what's not to like! I ran the Win 7 PDC builds as soon as they were released, same with Win 8. I just hope the rumors are right and we get a...