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Posted this on steam with no responses, so Im hoping you fellow nerds can help me. Working on a system running GTA 5 on an AMD RX 580. Its displaying this weird effect that I cant duplicate on my systems with NVIDIA cards. Certain items mostly with vertical lines display a "checkering effect"...

According to page 2 of this spec sheet there is 4GB soldierd to the MB and one open SO-DIMM slot. (DDR4-2666) https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/IdeaPad/IdeaPad_3_17IIL05/IdeaPad_3_17IIL05_Spec.PDF Also says max RAM is 12GB, ie placing an 8GB DIMM in the open slot. Is there actually any...

looking for a cheapo gen 7 or 8 (dell or HP or whatever) with cpu that works that has the power for an RX580. I have lots of ram. looking to spend in the ~$100 range if possible. (of course in addition to shipping) I do have some spare cpus (i5 7500, i7 8700 etc if I have to plop one in) does...

Looking for something working, semi basic for a spare i7 8700 I have. Would def prefer w/ backplate. Thanks!

What thickness of silicone thermal pads would one recommend? 1.5mm? 2? 3? Also, when applying, do you guys take the labels/stickers off of the drives for better contact? If so, does that void the warranty? Thanks!

I have a GTX 950 in a project box and Id like to undervolt it. Specifically - EVGA GeForce GTX 950 SC GAMING - Part Number: 02G-P4-2951-KR In MSI Afterburner I have unlocked voltage control (can increase it only) but there is no option for the "curve editor" After a few searches apparently...

I ran into an older system and was wondering if this board could run/boot the newer M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 4x4 drives H370M DS3H (rev. 1.0) https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/H370M-DS3H-rev-10#kf H370 Express Chipset Dual M.2 with PCIe Gen3 X4/X2 & SATA interface: 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3...

So I have a Dell optiplex 3060 SFF. I managed to get a GTX 750ti low profile in it but I had to rip the fans off to get it to fit - and it just barely does! Anyway as one can imagine it gets really hot. I was thinking I could cool it from the rear blowing thu the heatsink. There are a few...

I have handful (3) of i7-8700 SR3QS CPUs just collecting dust. Calling all super smart budgeters - what is the cheapest barebones I could seek out to house these in? A Dell or HP on ebay? (the limited PSUs make me cringe) something else? Thanks for reading / help.

(not sodimms) Dont really care about the speed/timings as long as its stable. Would entertain 4GB sticks if the price was right but prefer 8's (who wouldnt) Looking to bypass fleabay and Mr. Bezos. Thanks [H] crew.

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I ran into a spare Optiplex 3060 (i3-8100 4gb) The problem is that its PSU only has 2 connectors, an 8-Pin and P4 4-Pin. They both plug into the MB. This board obviously can take an NVMe drive. Well my problem is while I have buckets of old skool SATA SSDs, I have no spare NVMe drives...

Im looking to "build" (not really) a cheap full size desktop for my daughter that can do very light gaming. Just enuff to do say minecraft. She already has a laptop with crappy onboard graphics. I want to set her up with a workdesk for school. (IMHO laptops suck for "real" productivity, thats...

Please forgive my ignorance as I have been out of the scene for a while and I guess Im just not an expert with the way that screens work with inputs. I was going to take some videos but then I was just like whatever waste of time, might not relay things correctly. I currently have an i7 8700...

Disclaimer: big read TLDR; I have 2x new 14TB WD140EDGZ USB drives but no NAS yet, I want the best way to safeguard 10TB+ of data between them. I have unlimited home backblaze plan and 2TB Dropbox. I have unlimited comcast gigabit (down) but its upload sucks ass at 40Mbps. Environment...

I have a handful of HP EliteDesk 800 G3 w/ Motherboard 906309-001, LGA 1511. Stock with Skylake i5 6500T. I was able to get one to boot with an i7 6700 (also Skylake) but not an i7 8700 (Coffee Lake). Bios beeps 3 short 5 long. (interwebs mention 4 long but no 5) I know that intel redid...

I have a handful of Sandisk x300 128 SSD's from ewaste pulls. I was thinking of buying a used older raid card with cache and throwing 8 of them in raid 0 to play with. Would the assumed possible performance of something like this be even worth it vs a modern drive on an M.2 or even sata III...

The PSU in my 26 TB box (8x 4TB RAID 6) died. I require a replacement. The MB is some cheapo MSI micro ATX. I believe the raid controller is an older areca 188X. Need a solid inexpensive meat n potatoes PSU where the biggest requirement is the 12v SATA rail(s). Previously used a bunch of y...

Okay I guess Im just stoopid - can someone explain the 4A Games logo to me? (as in what is the first shape (irregular pentagon) representing - assuming a "4" but how so?)

Ive been given the ultra fun task /s of setting up 130 android tablets for a bunch of kindergarters at a new school. I figured out how to manage them in the G suite and push apps etc, that wasnt too bad. I was asked to put "Parental Controls" on them, but when I search for this I see a ton of...

I have 2 RV042's in a lab that Im trying to get a gateway to gateway tunnel setup. I have 2x comcast connections in the lab for testing, each with static IP's. Ive set these up before with no problem. The setup is very simple. Ive gone over it practically 100 times. At this point its just...

So I got back around to playing with a combo I got from Newegg like a year ago (G3258 + GA B85M-Gaming 3) I noticed I can set the base frequency as low as 8 (x100 = 800MHz) and the turbo up to 40 (well even higher, but an even 4ghz is fine) I noticed that it actually works. When idle the...

Ive been a bit out of the "extreme" OC scene for a while, giving up my geek side for... well real life and working I guess. I have a Pentium g3258 setup (the cheapo unlocked dual core haswell 20th anniversary chip) on a cheap MB that I picked up a while ago. (no, certainly not any of my main...

$6.95 flat standard shipping parts-express.com has "buyout specials" (clearance basically) on some very old computer speakers. (as in from the mid 90's old) The 3 models that appear to be any good are: "Sound Force 515 Powered Computer Speaker Pair" $8.48 "Sound Force 680 Powered...

What is the cheapest card I can get that will: Support 3 monitors (each 23" 1080p) Connect via HDMI or DVI (not DP or VGA) EDIT: DP to HDMI adapter would be acceptable Have the 3 monitors spanned in windows 7 No gaming required PCIE No PCIE power (going in an older dell with whimpy PSU)...

Im running into a problem thats driving me nucking futs. Running 2x monitors on a j1900 based system (Acer AXC-603G) using the onboard HDMI + VGA. The 2x monitors are some cheapo NOC 23" models. Like many typical office workers, the user cannot function in native 1920x1080 res, they must...

Take these 2 haswells for example: http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-4510U-vs-Intel-Core-i3-4130 Yes the i7 4510u is a mobile processor, but still... why does this get labeled/marketed as an "i7"? One would guess that the naming scheme can be used to target markets etc... but exactly what...

Does anyone know of a fork of putty or any other client that can do rlogin that also has a command stack edit field where I can type/edit a line before committing it to the connection? Preferably with previous commands? Thanks!

Does anyone know of a service where I could backup ~10TB worth of VM's offsite that does not cost tens of thousands of dollars each year? Thanks.

Maybe this is old news to some... I went to order a handful of cables from monoprice (as I have many times over the last few years) Subtotal came to $19.34. 2 day shipping comes up as $17.38, and even 3-5 was $8.96. This is for about .5lbs of cables. Wait... what??? I chatted with a...

I've never had the pleasure of doing a pad mod on LGA775, but Id like to try it for fun and maybe get a little extra kick on 2 older machines that I have recently taken out of production. CPU: E2220 dual core 800fsb (12 multiplier, 2.4ghz) MB - some OEM HP with Intel G33 Express chipset...

Im looking for an inexpensive laptop for my mother. Nothing fancy, just needs to: Have a large decent screen. 17"+ preferred. Run win7 adequately for general desktop use. No overheating or stability issues. Working battery would be great but not required. Does not need OS or even a...

This is a pretty hot item on SD. Not an amazing tablet [strike=]but all reports I have seen mention that these are in excellent condition. [/s]There are some mixed results in quality of units that people are receiving, as might be expected with a used unit, but thats one big reason to buy...

Im working with a physician that wants to purchase a windows 8 tablet to use primarily with Dragon Medical and other various windows applications. Hes a bit partial to lenovo for notebooks in general, but also has his eye on a surface3 (i7) from M$. Can anyone offer some suggestions...

I am trying to sync time on 3x domain controllers and its driving me nuts. 2 of them are 2003 and 1 is 2008r2. The time is off on the 2x 2003 DC's, by almost the exact same amount. The 2008r2 server appears to be the pdc and its time is spot on... When I run: dsquery server -hasfsmo...

I have (had) a Gigabyte GTX 660 that I think I paid like ~$180 for over a year ago. I was actually quite fond of it. After a day of drying outside, lots of testing, even a tiny trip in the oven, the poor thing remains dead as a doornail :( Is there anyway I can replace it for around $150 today?

Do they exist? I have a supermico server that had a startech usb 3.0 card based on the nec/renesas chip. It seemed to work okay most of the time (once in a while would drop a drive) I have since updated to server 2012 and it (the server) did NOT like the startech card. It simiply would...

I re installed the OS of a server on a hardware mirrored set (LSI 9260 8i) after 2x segates failed at the same time. I used 2x 3TB WD reds because thats all that I had on hand. Now I want to replace these drives with 2 new 1TB drives I have. I want to clone the data from the old drives to...

Im trying to compact a very large dynamically expanding VHDX file. On the first try It did compact a little bit, but not anywhere near to the size of the actual data (3.4 TB used of about 7TB, now the file is about 5.5TB) After some reading I learned that the VHDX will only compact down to...

Right now there are some really good deals on ebay for the Dell C1100's and HP DL 160 G6's. They typically have 2x QC L5520 or 2x HC L5639's, and 24-72GB of RAM. Im not gonna list examples but they are pretty easy to find if you do a search on ebay. The higher end 72GB units are around $450...