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[QUOTE=Mbbird;45822211]Well there's no connection as far as I can tell. In short, it doesn't act like my other cables.[/QUOTE] On the cable there are two pins on one side that hold the cable in place so it doesn't fall out once it's plugged in. I once bought some cheap cable and hat to make the pins slightly smaller using a knife stone or whatever you use to sharpen knifes and ran it over those two pins a little. These two pins should push down by the way so if it doesn't do that on your cable or only a little you need to see how to fix that.
So my W7 computer randomly decided that I can't control my volume anymore other than through my keyboard shortcuts. The icon is gone and I can't access my mixer/volume control anywhere for my programs. When I try to access the sound icon, all other are toggleable, like power and WiFi, but sound control is greyed out.
Friends looking to get a PC just for gaming and he doesn't want to build it himself cause he's too worried he might break something. Was looking at [URL="http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/intel-haswell-pc/"]PC Specialist[/URL] and they build a PC for you with the parts you need, but I am completely illiterate when it comes to PC parts. Could anyone try building a good PC for around £700-800 on there?
Guys is [URL]http://www.amazon.ca/SteelSeries-Sensei-Wireless-Laser-Gaming/dp/B00ILALMZS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1409243593&sr=8-2&keywords=steelseries+wireless[/URL] A good wireless gaming mouse? or should i stay with wired? the mouse itself can be turned into wired if i wanted...
Should I go with a 4690k or a 4790k for mapping in valve's hammer editor?
[QUOTE=Chains!;45825726]Friends looking to get a PC just for gaming and he doesn't want to build it himself cause he's too worried he might break something. Was looking at [URL="http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/intel-haswell-pc/"]PC Specialist[/URL] and they build a PC for you with the parts you need, but I am completely illiterate when it comes to PC parts. Could anyone try building a good PC for around £700-800 on there?[/QUOTE] One of my friends is looking at the same sort of thing, he refuses to build it himself because the last few times he cheaped out on parts and they crapped out on him. I've put together a build with high-rated stuff, but I think he's still wary of it.
I've been getting these weird Hammer crashes for the past few months; no error, it just hangs for a second and closes. Sometimes it reverts .vmf's to pre-save state (I do something, save, hammer crashes, reload the .vmf and it's how it was before I did the something). I can replicate it with a 95% success rate; it mostly happens when selecting an entity from the dropdown list either by scrolling to it or by backspacing the existing entity and typing in the full name manually. It's gotten so bad that I have a psychological aversion to entity work because it's [i]so fucking infuriating[/i]. I have a bunch of .mdmp's saved from the crashes and I'm pretty sure they all look like this: [url]http://pastebin.com/Na5yCanB[/url]. I see the error is something to do with a ntdll.dll but beyond that I'm completely lost.
[QUOTE=Humin;45827034]Should I go with a 4690k or a 4790k for mapping in valve's hammer editor?[/QUOTE] Pretty sure Hammer doesn't support hyperthreading, so stick with a 4690K.
[QUOTE=Lordgeorge16;45828147]Pretty sure Hammer doesn't support hyperthreading, so stick with a 4690K.[/QUOTE] Uh, applications don't *need* to support hyperthreading. As far as anything above the OS is concerned, they're just more cores.
I don't know if this is the correct place but I need some help. I currently have a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian. I'm using Samba to create shares which works perfectly fine over the local network. I am attempting to make it accessible from anywhere and the first stage was getting my friend to be able to ping it. I got the external IP and then I looked around online and opened ports which could potentially work but no luck at all, so I ended up DMZing it. My friend can now ping it but by typing in \\THE-IP-HERE\public he is unable to connect. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks for any help you can give.
[QUOTE=JakeAM;45829072]I don't know if this is the correct place but I need some help. I currently have a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian. I'm using Samba to create shares which works perfectly fine over the local network. I am attempting to make it accessible from anywhere and the first stage was getting my friend to be able to ping it. I got the external IP and then I looked around online and opened ports which could potentially work but no luck at all, so I ended up DMZing it. My friend can now ping it but by typing in \\THE-IP-HERE\public he is unable to connect. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks for any help you can give.[/QUOTE] As a general rule, SMB (Samba) was never really designed for use over the Internet and is very chatty (it really only works efficiently over LANs). There are also security issues so the ports are often blocked (which may be what your ISP is doing or possibly the Samba server itself is ignoring public IPs). Samba probably isn't vulnerable to the same degree Windows is, but its considered bad practice to have SMB open to the internet. Also all traffic is unencrypted (which is worth noting if you type your server login to access the share). For this scenario, a VPN would be a better option (and far more secure) if you absolutely need to use SMB. Also consider alternatives like FTP or SFTP (SSH File Transfer), which Linux will have great support for and a client like Filezilla supports fantastically.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;45828625]Uh, applications don't *need* to support hyperthreading. As far as anything above the OS is concerned, they're just more cores.[/QUOTE] Sorry, probably worded it improperly. What I meant to say was that Hammer likely won't get any notable performance gains from a hyperthreading-enabled CPU.
Thinking of a new monitor [t]http://5crat.ch/a/qwjk[/t] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001914[/url] Read reviews, doesn't seem too bad, but is it worth it for the price?
[QUOTE=Scratch.;45832663]Thinking of a new monitor [t]http://5crat.ch/a/qwjk[/t] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001914[/url] Read reviews, doesn't seem too bad, but is it worth it for the price?[/QUOTE] I spent about the same on my 23" HP and it's not that bad, but I've had better luck with the quality of samsung stuff. It looks like a nice panel to me.
Avast is starting to annoy me with pop ups and stuff, is there a 'best' free AV I can use?
[QUOTE=Xron;45838043]Avast is starting to annoy me with pop ups and stuff, is there a 'best' free AV I can use?[/QUOTE] Honestly, I'm looking for one too. Avast is a pain. I've just sort of stopped turning my PC off, so I only see one or two popups every week, but it's still annoying when I do get them.
I just use windows defender. It may not be the best, but it's never bugged me. That combined with weekly mbam scans keep me fine
I just have Avast set to gaming mode, never bothered me about anything.
[QUOTE=Xron;45838043]Avast is starting to annoy me with pop ups and stuff, is there a 'best' free AV I can use?[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.av-test.org/en/news/news-single-view/17-software-packages-in-a-repair-performance-test-after-malware-attacks/[/url] I think this was posted here earlier. Looks like AVG is the best free one. Then just use MWB to scan your system.
I've been looking for a new laptop. The new semester we are starting and the following ones are some more hardware demanding courses we; We are talking Unity, Adobe Software (Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Illustrator), Visual/Audio Computing, Image Processing & Programming. I'm looking for a lightweight laptop, but one that can fulfil those hardware demands. My question is, do you guys think an Ultrabook with Haswell chip and just build-in Intel HD GPU will do fine for those tasks? It seems that if I want something lightweight then I've to give a ton of money if I also want an dedicated graphics unit. Oh yeah, I won't really be gaming on it. As I keep that on my Desktop. [editline]30th August 2014[/editline] Also, if yes. Then I've been looking at Lenovo U330p/U430p. How would that be in terms of bang for buck?
what's the best 27-inch 2560x1440 monitor out there? I'm looking at the Apple Thunderbolt Display because the cable management plus the USB ports on the back seem pretty awesome, but the price is massive
[QUOTE=Havolis;45845676]what's the best 27-inch 2560x1440 monitor out there? I'm looking at the Apple Thunderbolt Display because the cable management plus the USB ports on the back seem pretty awesome, but the price is massive[/QUOTE] The [url=http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&cs=04&sku=225-4148]Dell UltraSharp 2713H[/url] is generally superior to the ATD as a monitor - factory-calibrated, wider color gamut, and better contrast. It's also about $150 cheaper, and you can find it discounted fairly often (I got mine for $750 IIRC). The only way the ATD is better is as a Macbook dock, because it's really designed for that. But it's not as good purely as a monitor.
I don't know much about computers but my dad's buying me one for uni, would this be a good option? At the very least I want to be able to play something like Garry's Mod on medium-high with a decent framerate [url]http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/desktop-pc-monitors/desktop-pcs/desktop-pcs/hp-pavilion-500-319na-desktop-pc-10016083-pdt.html#longDesc[/url] Ta
[QUOTE=Zethiwag;45845909]I don't know much about computers but my dad's buying me one for uni, would this be a good option? At the very least I want to be able to play something like Garry's Mod on medium-high with a decent framerate [url]http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/desktop-pc-monitors/desktop-pcs/desktop-pcs/hp-pavilion-500-319na-desktop-pc-10016083-pdt.html#longDesc[/url] Ta[/QUOTE] i honestly dont think you should buy a pre-built desktop
[QUOTE=Zethiwag;45845909]I don't know much about computers but my dad's buying me one for uni, would this be a good option? At the very least I want to be able to play something like Garry's Mod on medium-high with a decent framerate [url]http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/desktop-pc-monitors/desktop-pcs/desktop-pcs/hp-pavilion-500-319na-desktop-pc-10016083-pdt.html#longDesc[/url] Ta[/QUOTE] Its not a horrible system but the GPU is pretty much worthless. A GeForce GT 705 is just barely better than an Intel iGPU. Actually it might be worse given the circumstance. It would be able to play Gmod at about medium if you lowered the resolution, but that's not exactly setting a high standard. If you can convince your father to buy you parts, we could probably help you out. At the very least, buy a better GPU.
Anyone bought any Zotac stuff ever? I was talking to some guy at Best Buy and he said he saw a cheap 770 on Newegg and when I went home to look around, I found this: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500302[/url] I've never really heard of them before. It seemed like a good deal at first sight, but I'm not sure, considering it has a small amount of reviews, albeit mostly positive ones. It'd be the first GPU I've bought since I ordered this PC so I'm sorta over analyzing everything. Just figured this would be the place to ask! Anything stand out about it as bad or anything like that? I'm willing to pay more for a good card, but I just wanted to run this by some people.
So, tell me something... I've got a friend who's cheaped out on his PC builds for a couple years, and they all tend to crap out on him because of it. Because of that, he thinks PC building is inherently dangerous, and almost refuses to buy anything but a prebuilt. However, he's been having me help look for a prebuilt, because he can't find anything powerful enough for cheap enough. I keep telling him that even if he does, it's going to use cheap components and go the same way his others did, but I don't think he believes me. I don't think he understands that buying a prebuilt isn't some magical indicator of quality, some guarantee against flawed electronics. How can I fix this, or is it even my problem to fix?
[QUOTE=woolio1;45847332]So, tell me something... I've got a friend who's cheaped out on his PC builds for a couple years, and they all tend to crap out on him because of it. Because of that, he thinks PC building is inherently dangerous, and almost refuses to buy anything but a prebuilt. However, he's been having me help look for a prebuilt, because he can't find anything powerful enough for cheap enough. I keep telling him that even if he does, it's going to use cheap components and go the same way his others did, but I don't think he believes me. I don't think he understands that buying a prebuilt isn't some magical indicator of quality, some guarantee against flawed electronics. How can I fix this, or is it even my problem to fix?[/QUOTE] What your saying is pretty much true. Prebuilt manufacturers cut costs in any way they can short of making it so unreliable it dies within the warranty period (which costs them money). They get parts from pretty much the same places off the shelf parts come from like Foxconn and such. Just that they are customized to the manufacturers need and are rebranded. Honestly, I don't think you're going to change his mind. If he outright refuses, there isn't much you can do and quite frankly, isn't your problem directly.
[QUOTE=woolio1;45847332]So, tell me something... I've got a friend who's cheaped out on his PC builds for a couple years, and they all tend to crap out on him because of it. Because of that, he thinks PC building is inherently dangerous, and almost refuses to buy anything but a prebuilt. However, he's been having me help look for a prebuilt, because he can't find anything powerful enough for cheap enough. I keep telling him that even if he does, it's going to use cheap components and go the same way his others did, but I don't think he believes me. I don't think he understands that buying a prebuilt isn't some magical indicator of quality, some guarantee against flawed electronics. How can I fix this, or is it even my problem to fix?[/QUOTE] I assume you advised him when he was doing those cheap builds that he was making a bad decision? Tell him that if he wants your advice, you're willing to pick out parts for a build and help him assemble it, but he needs to actually listen to your advice this time. Then if he still wants a prebuilt, tell him that you don't have much knowledge in the field of getting ripped off, and he'll have to do it alone.
[QUOTE=Jalict;45839256]I've been looking for a new laptop. The new semester we are starting and the following ones are some more hardware demanding courses we; We are talking Unity, Adobe Software (Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Illustrator), Visual/Audio Computing, Image Processing & Programming. I'm looking for a lightweight laptop, but one that can fulfil those hardware demands. My question is, do you guys think an Ultrabook with Haswell chip and just build-in Intel HD GPU will do fine for those tasks? It seems that if I want something lightweight then I've to give a ton of money if I also want an dedicated graphics unit. Oh yeah, I won't really be gaming on it. As I keep that on my Desktop. [editline]30th August 2014[/editline] Also, if yes. Then I've been looking at Lenovo U330p/U430p. How would that be in terms of bang for buck?[/QUOTE] Get a model 2011 or newer IBM thinkpad.
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