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I'm running QuTS Hero 5.0.1 and have installed plex. I have two pools, an m.2 pool which I installed plex on and an 8-drive media pool which holds my tv shows and movies. I created a shared folder media and a tv series and movies folder within it. I can see these folders from my desktop but not...

I ordered a QNAP TS-873A and I'm looking to pick up 8x drives. These two are around 1000RMB (142 USD). I was planning on 18TB but they are 1300 each. This is primarily a plex server, so it will be 99% video content. Which of these two drives is better for my NAS? 16TB Seagate EXOS ST16000NM001G...

As the title suggests, I'm looking for a Bluetooth speaker with aux-in for my home office. I also want it to be portable so that I can take it to the park and when I travel. My budget is £200. Use is mostly youtube, some music, gaming and the odd movie. I will also use them when I need to...

I'm looking for a DAC or AMP to pair with Polkaudio Atrium50 (Recommended Power: 10-80W Continuous) speakers for a hot tub. It needs to have Bluetooth to play Spotify, and ideally, should be able to be left outside. Ideally, it will be stored under the bar next to the hot tub, so it won't have...

My home setup is a cheap soundbar for video conferencing and studio monitors (Edifier S1000) for everything else. What was supposed to be a 2-week visit to family in Vancouver has been extended. I picked up an AORUS 15G with a 3080. I'm happy with everything except for the sound. As I'm not sure...

My GPU has a habit of running hot. I can set the frequency to -2% and it runs stable, even better if I up the fan curve a bit. However, every time my system crashes or I update the drivers the computer will crash until I remember to fix them. Is it possible to modify these settings in the bios...

Temps are pretty poor in my Phanteks Evolv ITX so I ordered a Meshify C which is sitting on the table beside me. This got me thinking about my PSU, a Corsair RM650 which I bought in December 2013. While its resale value is still pretty high I'm wondering if it is worth upgrading to a Corsair...

I'm currently using a Phanteks Evolv ITX but airflow is causing problems. I'm looking for the smallest case that will fit everything AND has good airflow. The system specs are in my signature but the main parts of contention are the 280mm radiator and 2x 3.5" HDDs. I was thinking about a Fractal...

I'm thinking about upgrading from my trusty Brother HL-2250DN, and 2-pack TN-2220 for £12.99 I want 3-in-1 function at least and I'm now thinking about colour after the exorbitant bill I was charged for printing colour documents. Looking at prince, functionality and rebates I've found two...

I have a max budget of around £50, so I'm not looking at the beefy Noctua Coolers. I need to upgrade from a Noctua NH-L9i with a 25mm fan to something that can better cool my i7 6700k (mild OC). I'm also upgrading to a Phanteks EVOLV ITX so it needs to be under 200mm. I had the Hyper 212+...

I'm picking up a Phanteks EVOLV ITX this afternoon that only comes with a rear exhaust fan. The front supports 3 fan configurations: 2x 120mm 2x 140mm 1x 200mm I know that 2x 140mm will be more efficient than 2x 120mm but not how much of a difference it will make. Is 2x 140mm much better than...

I'm looking for a dual thumb drive for my wife's MacBook Pro. Except for the last one which is a bit slower, are these drives basically equal? Ultra Dual Drive USB Type-C Fast - The Flash Drive for USB Type-C devices 256 GB 128 GB 64 GB32 GB 16 GB Ultra Dual USB Drive 3.0 Fast - The Flash...

I have been annoyed by certain system processes with high CPU usage ramping up my CPU fan. I disabled Cortana, lots of different tracking, location, reporting, hints, ect. This includes Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry and Cortana runtime broker. How much can I disable without losing Windows...

I've been wanting a new monitor and checked gumtree just for fun. I found a Dell 27 USB-C Ultrathin Monitor (S2719DC) for £190. The best part is it was only an 8-minute walk and came with the original box. Plug it in and I was only getting some weird resolution 2048x1080. I checked and it was a...

I was very lucky. Someone on a forum I'm active on was offering a free server and I was going to be in the area the next day. I took the train an extra station and picked up the HP Proliant ML110 G7. I almost broke my toe trying to carry the server in one hand and a coffee in the other but it...

I have a Cooler Master cm storm with 2x200m (font and top) and 1x120mm (rear). Specs are in my signature. The top fan is not connected due to a lack of motherboard fan headers. I'm currently running the i7-6700k at stock with a Noctua NH-L9i on it at the moment with a standard 25mm thick Noctua...

I missed the Samsung 970 Evo for £90 during the Black Friday say at Amazon. It's on for £90 again today and I'm thinking if I should go for it or wait a bit longer. My system is in my signature. I recently upgraded from an i5-2500k z68 platform to an i7-6700k z170 with an M.2 port. My current OS...

I recently upgraded from a 2500k to a 6700k. The CPU, MB and 16GB cost me £270 and I just sold my old parts tonight for £150. The bundle also came with a Noctua NH-L9i with a 25mm thick Noctua fan. I'm very pleased with the upgrade which moved me from ATX to mITX. After I find a deal on a 6TB...

I'm planning to buy a 970 evo 500GB in a few days as they are on sale with a free game. Should I be waiting a bit with the new products announced? 860 QVO (QLC) 970 EVO+ (96L TLC) 980 QVO (QLC)

This may be a stupid question... I've noticed that sometimes my speakers buzz when the speaker wire is moved when I move my mouse or keyboard. I'm using the 3.5mm auxiliary stereo cable that connects from the motherboard audio out to the speakers (in sig). I'm wondering if I order a shielded...

Tomorrow I will pick up a new CPU, MB and RAM. Will I need to make a fresh install of Win10 or can I use the existing install. Will I need a new win10 key? I'm submitting my PhD dissertation in a few months so I would prefer to hold off on a fresh install until I submit and pick up an M.2 drive...

I'm looking for a macro for finding duplicate text in my thesis which is several hundred pages long. I have found a few that have helped. I'm wondering if anyone knows of one (as many have been written) that would exclude intext citations. Something to ignore text in brackets (name, year). It...

I had everything set up and working on my previous TP-Link router but when my ISP upgraded me from 100Mbs to 150Mbs I realised that my 1750ac router only has 100MB WAN/LAN. I 'upgraded' to the ISP ZTE ZTE H298a but couldn't get a second port open. I upgraded to a new TP-Link TL-WDR7300 AC2100...

I picked up a Samsung S7 at launch. I replaced the screen and battery a few months back. Mother-in-law had a cheap phone died at the start of a trip. When she got back she orderd a Honor v10 and was so pissed, she bought an Huawei p20 pro before the v10 arrived. I can swap my S7 with her v10...

My wife bought a new MacBook Pro so I've taken her MacBook air mid-2013. 13.3-inch (1440 by 900) 1.3GHz dual-core i5-4250U (Turbo Boost up to 2.6GHz) 4GB of 1600MHz LPDDR3 Intel HD Graphics 5000 256 GB M.2 SSD I just finished setting it up this afternoon with all the software and accounts...

I'm planning on making an mITX relatively SFF build with the plan to get into VR in a year or two. I've seen the release of HTC Vive WiGig Wireless Upgrade which seems to need a PCIe slot. Is it expected that future most futures wireless implementations will require a PCIe slot, and that an mATX...

I'm planning to upgrade my current rig to something a little more modern before it goes poof. I'm looking at some deals in the UK second-hand market as I will be going with mostly used parts to minimise the cost of the upgrade. I have an RX 480 8GB on the way that I managed to get for a good...

My 280x 3gb is giving out and I need a replacement. It seems like the nVidia 11 series could be coming in a months time. If this is true, are prices in the used market in this range likely to drop soon. How long would I need to wait? Between the 1060 6GB and 480 8GB, which is the better option...

The computer in my sig: i5 2500k @ 4.3 GHz w/ hyper 212+ GA-Z68-UD3H-B3 MSI 280x 3GB Corsair Vengeance LP 2x8GB I have been running this very stable for many years. Recently I put a fresh install of win10 on and today it locked up three times. The first time while playing 'Ni no Kuni II...

I'm wondering if it is possible to have sync photos from my Samsung S7 to my windows desktop over the network. I used to remove the microSD card and use a USB 3 card reader for fast transfer but I have since encrypted external storage. USB2 is too slow, and my front USB3 ports seem to...

I was thinking I would like to try a bit of VR and see what games are like. If I enjoy it I will invest in a 2019/2020 VR headset. I'm planning to pick up one of the cheap Chinese headsets and popping in my Samsung S8. After some reading, it seems that I can use Samsung gear VR with an NVidea...

My internet just upgraded me from 100/100Mb to 150/150Mb. I was getting around 97Mb on speedtest and complained because my speed hadn't changed. They asked me to do a few tests. I plug the network cable directly into my trusty old GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 and fire up the test and get these lovely number...

I've been sitting on my i5 2500k for a long long time. I think it is finally time to upgrade. I almost jumped on an i5-8600K or i7-8700K but memory prices and the rumours of an 8-core i7 9700k made me reconsider. Intel: i7-9700k & z390 AMD: Ryzen 7 2800X here and here & X470 here and here I...

My current setup is a Microlabs Fc360 2.1 system. It connects to my computer which connects to my TV. I use it for TV, Movies, gaming and music. I'm pretty happy with the system in terms of price, footprint and ease of use. I upgraded from a Logitech system I had pick up used after 2 days...

I set up goodsync to back-up my my chapters as I write my thesis with revisioning to dropbox. After windows 10 died on me (a had to use the reset function) I lost my appdata folder. I noticed that I have 100GB on onedrive so I set up goodsync to back up appdata. Goodsync works well be that...

I have three audio output devices, HDMI to my TV, audio out to my speakers and audio out to my monitor. Updating ATI drives fixed my TV not showing up, but my speakers and monitor speakers both play as speakers in Sound>Playback devices. Before I did a fresh install of windows I could change...

My friend is looking for a new laptop. He had a decent one before, but when the screen on that one died he replaced it with a cheaper model. He has hated it since day one. Now he is getting into photography and post-process. Right now he uses lightroom. He wants to speed £800, but I suggested...

My friend is getting into photography and post-processing and is looking for a display to connect to his laptop. I've recommended a Dell UltraSharp 27. He will watch some movies on it, edit photos and probably do some office type work on it. He doesn't play video games. It seems that dell...

I'm looking into the rig I will build when I graduate (fantasizing). The OS drive will of course be an M.2 SSD. I was thinking an 960 EVO 500GB, and a large 1TB SSD for storage + a small headless file server for the HDDs for music, photos and videos. I was very surprised to see that the 960 EVO...

Moving from an MX518 I’m looking for an ergonomic right-handed mouse that will work with palm grip for browsing and claw grip for gaming. The following four mice all have similar size, shape, buttons, sensors and cost (in China). As I can’t try these out before buying I will base my choice on...